memleha

Turkish

Alternative forms

• memlaha

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مملحه (memleha), from Arabic مَمْلَحَة (mamlaḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem.leˈha/
• Hyphenation: mem‧le‧ha

Noun

memleha (definite accusative memlehayı, plural memlehalar) (archaic)

1. salt marsh, saltworks, salt mine

   Synonym: tuzla

Declension

Declension of memleha

	singular	plural
nominative	memleha	memlehalar
definite accusative	memlehayı	memlehaları
dative	memlehaya	memlehalara
locative	memlehada	memlehalarda
ablative	memlehadan	memlehalardan
genitive	memlehanın	memlehaların

Further reading

• “memleha”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “memlaha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3130b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “memleha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük