ملي

See also: ملی

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of مِلَّة (milla, “religious community”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

مِلِّيّ • (milliyy) (feminine مِلِّيَّة (milliyya), masculine plural مِلِّيُّونَ (milliyyūna), 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 (milli)
• → Chagatai: ملی
  • 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)

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)