ولائتی
Urdu
Etymology
From ولایت (vilāyat) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.jə.t̪iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: وِ‧لا‧ئ‧تی
Adjective
وِلائتی • (vilāytī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling विलायती)
- European, western
- Synonyms: یُورَپی (yūrapī), مَغرِبی (maġribī)
- foreign, imported
- Synonyms: بِدیسی (bidēsī), پَردیسی (pardēsī)
- (rare) stranger
- Synonym: اجنَبی (ajnabī)
Antonyms
- (informal) دیسی (desī)
- (formal) مَقامی (maqāmī)
Descendants
- → English: Blighty
References
- “ولائتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017. (and ولایتی)
- “ولایتی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.