ملکی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mulkī), from Arabic مُلْكِيّ (mulkiyy). Equivalent to مُلْک (mulk, “country”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊl.kiː/

Adjective

مُلْکی • (mulkī) (Hindi spelling मुल्की)

belonging to one's own country; indigenous, national, local, domestic
Synonym: دیسی (desī)
pertaining to the country or government; civil; political
Synonyms: مَدْنی (madnī), سِیاسی (siyāsī)

References

“ملکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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