ملت

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English malt.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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مَلْت (maltm

  1. (nonstandard) malt
Usage notes
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The most usual way to refer to malt is by referring to the superordinate concept شَعِير (šaʕīr, barley).

Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ملت (form I)

  1. مِلْتُ (miltu) /mil.tu/: first-person singular past active/passive of مَالَ (māla)
  2. مِلْتَ (milta) /mil.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active/passive of مَالَ (māla)
  3. مِلْتِ (milti) /mil.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active/passive of مَالَ (māla)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).

Noun

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ملت (millet)

  1. nation, people
  2. religious community

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).

Noun

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ملت (millátm

  1. nation
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? millat
Dari reading? millat
Iranian reading? mellat
Tajik reading? millat

Noun

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Dari ملت
Iranian Persian
Tajik миллат

مِلَّت (mellat) (plural ملل (melal) or ملت‌ها (mellat-hâ))

  1. nation, people
  2. (archaic) religious community
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Descendants

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