Where does “ملتجه” come from?

ملتجه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ملت, from Arabic مِلَّة — nation, religion; religious community.

ملتجه (Ottoman Turkish): national

Definitions

  1. national

Ancestry of “ملتجه”, step by step

ملتجه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ملت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishملتnation, people
2Arabicمِلَّةnation, religion; religious community

via Ottoman Turkish ـجه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجهlike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
2Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Arabic مِلَّة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ملت →