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

memleket

  1. hometown, country

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

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.

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

memleket

  1. homeland
  2. (dated) country