ملي

See also: ملی

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م ل و (m l w)
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.lijj/

Noun

مَلِيّ • (maliyy) m

1. a (relatively) long period of time

   فَكَّرَ مَلِيَّا ― fakkara maliyyā ― to contemplate, to ponder

Descendants

Declension of noun مَلِيّ (maliyy)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَلِي malī	الْمَلِي al-malī	مَلِي malī
nominative	مَلِيٌّ maliyyun	الْمَلِيُّ al-maliyyu	مَلِيُّ maliyyu
accusative	مَلِيًّا maliyyan	الْمَلِيَّ al-maliyya	مَلِيَّ maliyya
genitive	مَلِيٍّ maliyyin	الْمَلِيِّ al-maliyyi	مَلِيِّ maliyyi

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Arabic مِلَّة (milla)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic ملي

From مِلَّة (milla, “religious community”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

مِلِّيّ • (milliyy) (feminine مِلِّيَّة (milliyya), masculine plural مِلِّيُّون (milliyyūn), feminine plural مِلِّيَّات (milliyyāt))

1. of or relating to a religious community

Declension

Declension of adjective مِلِّيّ (milliyy)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مِلِّي millī	الْمِلِّي al-millī	مِلِّيَّة milliyya	الْمِلِّيَّة al-milliyya
nominative	مِلِّيٌّ milliyyun	الْمِلِّيُّ al-milliyyu	مِلِّيَّةٌ milliyyatun	الْمِلِّيَّةُ al-milliyyatu
accusative	مِلِّيًّا milliyyan	الْمِلِّيَّ al-milliyya	مِلِّيَّةً milliyyatan	الْمِلِّيَّةَ al-milliyyata
genitive	مِلِّيٍّ milliyyin	الْمِلِّيِّ al-milliyyi	مِلِّيَّةٍ milliyyatin	الْمِلِّيَّةِ al-milliyyati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مِلِّيَّيْن milliyyayn	الْمِلِّيَّيْن al-milliyyayn	مِلِّيَّتَيْن milliyyatayn	الْمِلِّيَّتَيْن al-milliyyatayn
nominative	مِلِّيَّانِ milliyyāni	الْمِلِّيَّانِ al-milliyyāni	مِلِّيَّتَانِ milliyyatāni	الْمِلِّيَّتَانِ al-milliyyatāni
accusative	مِلِّيَّيْنِ milliyyayni	الْمِلِّيَّيْنِ al-milliyyayni	مِلِّيَّتَيْنِ milliyyatayni	الْمِلِّيَّتَيْنِ al-milliyyatayni
genitive	مِلِّيَّيْنِ milliyyayni	الْمِلِّيَّيْنِ al-milliyyayni	مِلِّيَّتَيْنِ milliyyatayni	الْمِلِّيَّتَيْنِ al-milliyyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مِلِّيِّين milliyyīn	الْمِلِّيِّين al-milliyyīn	مِلِّيَّات milliyyāt	الْمِلِّيَّات al-milliyyāt
nominative	مِلِّيُّونَ milliyyūna	الْمِلِّيُّونَ al-milliyyūna	مِلِّيَّاتٌ milliyyātun	الْمِلِّيَّاتُ al-milliyyātu
accusative	مِلِّيِّينَ milliyyīna	الْمِلِّيِّينَ al-milliyyīna	مِلِّيَّاتٍ milliyyātin	الْمِلِّيَّاتِ al-milliyyāti
genitive	مِلِّيِّينَ milliyyīna	الْمِلِّيِّينَ al-milliyyīna	مِلِّيَّاتٍ milliyyātin	الْمِلِّيَّاتِ al-milliyyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: milli
• → Bashkir: милли (melliy)
• → Chagatai: ملی (mly)
  • Uyghur: مىللىي (milliy)
  • Uzbek: milliy
• → Ottoman Turkish: ملی (millî)
  • Turkish: millî
  • Crimean Tatar: milliy
• → Pashto: ملي (millí)
• → Persian: ملی (melli)
• → Tajik: миллӣ (milli)
• → Tatar: милли (milli)
• → Turkmen: milli
• → Urdu: مِلِّی (millī)

Etymology 3

Verb

مَلِّي • (mallī) (form I) /mal.liː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of مَلَّ (malla)

Etymology 4

Verb

ملي (form II)

1. مُلِّيَ (mulliya) /mul.li.ja/: third-person masculine singular past passive of مَلَّى (mallā)
2. مَلِّي (mallī) /mal.liː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of مَلَّى (mallā)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ملي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1077

Moroccan Arabic

Conjunction

ملي • (milli)

1. alternative form of ماللي (milli)

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, ملت (millát, “nation”) +‎ ـي (-i).

Adjective

ملي • (millí)

1. national

Related terms

• ملت (millát)
• مليت (milliyát)