ملیامیٹ

Urdu

Etymology

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.lɪ.jɑː.meːʈ/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪ.lɪ.jɑː.meːʈ/

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• Rhymes: -eːʈ
• Hyphenation: مَ‧لِ‧یا‧میٹ

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• مَلِیامیٹ ہونا (maliyāmeṭ honā, “to be annihilated”)
• مَلِیامیٹ ہونا (maliyāmeṭ ho, “get annihilated!”)
• مَلِیامیٹ کرنا (maliyāmeṭ karnā, “to annihilate”)

Noun

مَلِیامیٹ • (maliyāmeṭ) ? (Hindi spelling मलियामेट)

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Further reading

• “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.