Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian مکلی (mulkī), from Arabic مُلْكِيّ (mulkiyy). Equivalent to مُلْک (mulk, “country”) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊl.kiː/
Adjective
[edit]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
References
[edit]- “ملکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.