wilayah
English
Alternative forms
- wilaya
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet.
Noun
wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat)
- A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.
- 2016, Brian L. Steed, ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 146:
- Some of these wilayahs are more powerful and influential than others. Most, if not all, of the wilayahs act like terrorist groups or nonstate actors.
- 2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:
- The wilayas [provincial governorates] of Illizi and Adrar in the Sahara have the highest number of cultural associations for their populations, according to the ministry's figures.
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Related terms
- vilayet
Translations
province in some Arabic countries
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Further reading
wilayah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acehnese
Etymology
From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Noun
wilayah
- territory
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wilajah]
- Hyphenation: wi‧la‧yah
Noun
wilayah (first-person possessive wilayahku, second-person possessive wilayahmu, third-person possessive wilayahnya)
- territory, area or region
Alternative forms
- ulayah
- ulayat
- wilayat
Derived terms
- kewilayahan
- mewilayahi
- perwilayahan
- sewilayah
- wilayah adiabat
- wilayah administratif
- wilayah antar
- wilayah hukum
- wilayah informasi penerbangan
- wilayah kerja
- wilayah konveksi
- wilayah niaga bebas
- wilayah perbatasan
- wilayah pisah
- kantor wilayah
- karantina wilayah
Further reading
- “wilayah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wilaːˈyɑː/
Noun
wilayah (Jawi spelling ولايه, plural wilayah-wilayah, informal 1st possessive wilayahku, 2nd possessive wilayahmu, 3rd possessive wilayahnya)
- (politics) territory, area or region
Further reading
- “wilayah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.