milliyat

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic миллият (milliyat)‍
Latin ‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مِلِّیَّت (milliyyet), itself coined in Ottoman Turkish from ملت (millet) +‎ ـیت (-iyyet) (both elements respectively borrowed from Arabic مِلَّة (milla) and ـِيَّة (-iyya)). By surface analysis, millat (“nation”) +‎ -iyat.

Noun

milliyat (plural milliyatlar)

  1. nationality

Declension

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