ملکیت

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِلِکِیَّت (milikiyyat), from Arabic مِلْكِيَّة (milkiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪ.lɪ.kɪj.jət̪/
• (colloquial, Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [məl.kiː.jət̪]
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: مَ‧لِ‧کِی‧یَت

Noun

مِلِکِیَّت • (milikiyyat) f (Hindi spelling मिलिकिय्यत)

1. ownership; property
2. possession

Declension

Declension of ملکیت
	singular	plural
direct	مِلِکِیَّت (milikiyyat)	مِلِکِیَّتیں (milikiyyatẽ)
oblique	مِلِکِیَّت (milikiyyat)	مِلِکِیَّتوں (milikiyyatõ)
vocative	مِلِکِیَّت (milikiyyat)	مِلِکِیَّتو (milikiyyato)

Further reading

• “ملکیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ملکیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ملکيت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.