غیر ملکی

Urdu

Etymology

From غَیرـ (ġair-, “non-”) +‎ مُلْکی (mulkī, “belonging to the country; indigenous, local”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

غَیر مُلْکی • (ġair mulkī) (Hindi spelling ग़ैरमुल्की)

1. overseas

   Synonym: بَیرُونِ مُلْک (bairūn-i mulk)

   Antonyms: اَندَرُونِ مُلْک (andarūn-i mulk), بَینُ المُلْکی (bain-ul-mulkī)

2. foreign

   Synonym: وِلایَتی (vilāyatī)

   Antonym: دیسی (desī)

References

• “غیر+ملکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “غیر+ملکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.