ملیت

See also: ملئت and مليت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A pseudo-Arabic term coined in Ottoman Turkish from ملت (millet) +‎ ـیت (-iyyet) (both elements respectively borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla) and ـِيَّة (-iyya)).

Noun

مِلِّیَّت • (milliyyet) (plural ملیتلر)

  1. nationality

Derived terms
  • ملیتسز (milliyyetsiz)
  • ملیتسزلك (milliyyetsizlik)

Descendants
  • Turkish: milliyet
  • → Azerbaijani: milliyyət
  • → Pashto: مليت (milliyát)
  • → Persian: ملیت (melliyat)
    • Tajik: миллият (milliyat)
  • → Uyghur: مىللىيەت (milliyet)
  • → Uzbek: milliyat

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مِلِّیَّت (milliyyet), itself coined in Ottoman Turkish from ملت (millet) +‎ ـیت (-iyyet) (both elements respectively borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla) and ـِيَّة (-iyya)). By surface analysis, ملت (millat, “nation”) +‎ ـیت (-iyat).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɪl.li.jǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɪl.li.jǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mil.li.jǽt̪]

Readings
Dari reading? milliyat
Iranian reading? melliyat
Tajik reading? milliyat

Noun
Dari ملیت
Iranian Persian
Tajik миллият

مِلِّیَت • (melliyat) (plural ملیت‌ها (melliyat-hâ))

  1. nationality
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