ملت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English malt.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɒlt/ (i.e., as in English)

Noun

مَلْت • (malt) m

  1. (nonstandard) malt
Usage notes

The most usual way to refer to malt is by referring to the superordinate concept شَعِير‎ (šaʕīr, “barley”).

Declension

Verb

مِلْتُ • (miltu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past active of مَالَ‎ (māla)
  2. first-person singular past passive of مَالَ‎ (māla)

Verb

مِلْتَ • (milta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of مَالَ‎ (māla)
  2. second-person masculine singular past passive of مَالَ‎ (māla)

Verb

مِلْتِ • (milti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of مَالَ‎ (māla)
  2. second-person feminine singular past passive of مَالَ‎ (māla)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مِلَّة‎ (milla).

Noun

ملت • (millet)

  1. nation, people
    • 1921 February 7, Cerîde-i Resmiyye #1, Teşkilât-ı Esâsiyye Kânûnu:
      ‏ماده ۱ - حاكمیت بلا قیدوشرط ملتكدر.‎‎
      Madde 1 - Hakimiyet bilakayduşart milletindir.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: millet
  • → Abaza: амилаҭ
  • → Bulgarian: миле́т (milét)
  • → Macedonian: милет (milet)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: мѝлет / mìlet

Persian

Alternative forms

  • ملّت (mellat) (with a shadda)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة‎ (milla).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /milˈlat/

Noun

Dari ملت
Iranian Persian
Tajik миллат (millat)

ملت • (mellat) (plural ملل‎ (melal) or ملت‌ها‎ (mellat-hâ))

  1. nation, people

Descendants

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