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)

Related terms

• ملت (millet)
• ملی (millî)

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]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mel.li.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) 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

Related terms

• ملت (mellat)
• ملی (melli)