ملیامیٹ

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Urdu

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Etymology

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First attested in c. 1534 as Middle Hindi ملیامیٹ (mlyamyṭ /⁠mlyāmyṭ⁠/), from ملی (milī, found) +‎ ا (ā) +‎ میٹ، میٹا/مٹانا (meṭ, meṭā, miṭānā, erased). Unrelated to English eliminate or annihilate. Compare Punjabi مِلِیامیٹ (milīyāmeṭ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مَلِیامیٹ (maliyāmeṭ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मलियामेट)

  1. annihilated, razed
  2. (figuratively) imperceptible, lost
    • 1884, مولانا شاہ گل حسن [maulānā śāh gul ḥussan], تذکرۂ غوثیہ [taẕkirah-i ġaus̱iyah]‎[1], →OCLC, page 139:
      یہ خلقت قدرت میں نمودار ہے اور توحید میں ملیامیٹ۔
      yih xalqat-e qudrat meṉ namūdār hai aur tauḥīd meṉ malīyāmeṭ.
      In natural creation it is apparent and [while] in monotheism it is lost.

Derived terms

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Noun

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مَلِیامیٹ (maliyāmeṭ? (Hindi spelling मलियामेट)

  1. a term part of an ancient game; This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

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  • ملیامیٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ملیامیٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ملياميٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.