beynelmilel

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بین‌الملل (beyn-elmilel), from Arabic بَيْنَ ٱلْمِلَلِ (bayna l-milali, “between the nations”) with the word مِلّة (milla) in the uncommon or dated sense “people, nation”, which is current in Turkish millet. Compare Persian بین‌المللی (beyna-lmelali). In Arabic itself, the word دُوَلِيّ (duwaliyy) has become standardised for “international”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bej.nel.miˈlel/
• Hyphenation: bey‧nel‧mi‧lel

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Adjective

beynelmilel

1. (archaic) international

   Synonyms: uluslararası, milletlerarası, enternasyonal

Further reading

• “beynelmilel”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “beynelmilel”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 574