millî

See also: milli, milli-, and mil·li-

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ملی (millî, “pertaining to a religion, sect, community, or nation; religious, national”), from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy, “of or relating to a religious community”). By surface analysis, millet (“nation”) +‎ -i (nisba suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil.liː/

Adjective

millî

1. national

   Synonyms: nasyonal, ulusal

Derived terms

• Millî Görüş

Related terms

• millet

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “millet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1974