ملکی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مکلی (mulkī), from Arabic مُلْكِيّ (mulkiyy). Equivalent to مُلْک (mulk, “country”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊl.kiː/

Adjective

مُلْکی • (mulkī) (Hindi spelling मुल्की)

1. belonging to one's own country; indigenous, national, local, domestic

   Synonym: دیسی (desī)

2. pertaining to the country or government; civil; political

   Synonyms: مَدْنی (madnī), سِیاسی (siyāsī)

References

• “ملکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.