اقلیت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اقل (ekall, “less”) +‎ ـیت (-iyet, “-ness”). First attested in 1877.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.kal.li.jet/

Noun

اقلیت • (ekalliyet) (plural اقلیتلر)

  1. minority (any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اقلیت (ekalliyet). Equivalent to اقل (aqall) +‎ ـیت (-iyat).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.qäl.li.jǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.qäl.li.jǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.qäl.li.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? aqalliyat
Dari reading? aqalliyat
Iranian reading? ağalliyat
Tajik reading? aqalliyat

Noun
Dari اقلیت
Iranian Persian
Tajik ақаллият

اقلیت • (aqalliyat) (plural اقلیت‌ها (aqalliyat-hâ))

  1. minority
    Antonym: اکثریت (aksariyat)
    اقلیت‌های مذهبی ― aqalliyat-hâ-ye mazhabi ― religious minorities

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اقلیت (ekalliyet).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.qəl.lɪ.jət̪/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /əq.lɪ.jət̪/
  • Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

اَقَلِّیَت • (aqalliyat) f (Hindi spelling अक़ल्लियत)

  1. minority
    Antonym: اکثریت (aksariyat, “majority”)

Declension
Declension of اقلیت
singular plural
direct اقلیت (aqliyat) اقلیتیں (aqliyatẽ)
oblique اقلیت (aqliyat) اقلیتوں (aqliyatõ)
vocative اقلیت (aqliyat) اقلیتو (aqliyato)

References
  • “اقلیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اقلیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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