مملکت

See also: مملكت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka, “kingdom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mam.la.ˈkat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.lä.kʰǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.lä.kʰǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäm.lä.kʰǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäm.lä.kʰǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæm.le.kʰʲǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.lä.kʰǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	mamlakat
Dari reading?	mamlakat
Iranian reading?	mamlekat
Tajik reading?	mamlakat

Noun

Dari	مملکت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мамлакат

مملکت • (mamlekat)

1. country

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مملکت (mamlikat), from Arabic مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məm.lʊ.kət̪/
  • (common) IPA^(key): [məm.lə.kət]
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: مَم‧لُ‧کَت

Noun

مَمْلُکَت • (mamlukat) f (Hindi spelling ममलकत)

1. kingdom; empire (dominion)
2. (figuratively) grandeur magnificence

Related terms

Related terms

• صدر مملکت (sadr-e-mamlakat, “head of state”)
• مملکت متحدہ (mamlakat-e-mutahida, “United Kingdom”)

Further reading

• “مملکت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مملکت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مملکت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مملکت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “مملکت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC