beynelmilel

Concepts

international

Synonyms

enternasyonal

evrensel

uluslararası

milletler arası

Translations

أُمَمِيّ

zwischenstaatlich

international

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bej.nel.miˈlel/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: بینالملل

Cognate with Turkish: millet

Cognate with Persian: بینالمللی

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish بینالملل (beyn-elmilel), from Arabic بَيْنَ ٱلْمِلَلِ (bayna l-milali, “between the nations”) with the word مِلّة (milla) in the uncommon or dated sense “people, nation”, which is current in Turkish millet. Compare Persian بینالمللی (beyna-lmelali). In Arabic itself, the word دُوَلِيّ (duwaliyy) has become standardised for “international”.