memleket - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Borrowed from Turkish memleket, from Ottoman Turkish مملكت (“country”), from Arabic مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka, “kingdom”).

memleket

1. hometown, country

• “memleket”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Ottoman Turkish مملكت (“country”), from Arabic مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka, “kingdom”).

• IPA^(key): /mem.leˈcet/

memleket (definite accusative memleketi, plural memleketler)

1. homeland
2. (dated) country

   • 1935 November 13, Abidin Daver, “Yeni bir Dumlupınar”, in Cumhuriyet, Istanbul:

     Yeni rejim, yeni bir millet yaratmış, yeni bir memleket kurmuştur.

     [He] created a new regime and nation, established a new country.

• → Crimean Tatar: memleket
• → Zazaki: memleket

Borrowed from Turkish memleket, from Ottoman Turkish مملكت (“country”), from Arabic مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka, “kingdom”).

memleket

1. homeland
2. (dated) country