ولاية
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root و ل ي (w-l-y).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi.laː.ja/
Noun
وِلَايَة • (wilāya) f (plural وِلَايَات (wilāyāt))
- verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
- (countable) province, governorate
- (countable) state (“political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy”)
- (uncountable) authority
- (Shiite Islam) the religious authority of the chosen imams (whose acceptance is the fundamental dogma of Shiism)
- Synonym: (roughly) إمامة (ʾimāma)
Declension
Declension of noun وِلَايَة (wilāya)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وِلَايَة wilāya | الْوِلَايَة al-wilāya | وِلَايَة wilāyat |
| Nominative | وِلَايَةٌ wilāyatun | الْوِلَايَةُ al-wilāyatu | وِلَايَةُ wilāyatu |
| Accusative | وِلَايَةً wilāyatan | الْوِلَايَةَ al-wilāyata | وِلَايَةَ wilāyata |
| Genitive | وِلَايَةٍ wilāyatin | الْوِلَايَةِ al-wilāyati | وِلَايَةِ wilāyati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | وِلَايَتَيْن wilāyatayn | الْوِلَايَتَيْن al-wilāyatayn | وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay |
| Nominative | وِلَايَتَانِ wilāyatāni | الْوِلَايَتَانِ al-wilāyatāni | وِلَايَتَا wilāyatā |
| Accusative | وِلَايَتَيْنِ wilāyatayni | الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ al-wilāyatayni | وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay |
| Genitive | وِلَايَتَيْنِ wilāyatayni | الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ al-wilāyatayni | وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وِلَايَات wilāyāt | الْوِلَايَات al-wilāyāt | وِلَايَات wilāyāt |
| Nominative | وِلَايَاتٌ wilāyātun | الْوِلَايَاتُ al-wilāyātu | وِلَايَاتُ wilāyātu |
| Accusative | وِلَايَاتٍ wilāyātin | الْوِلَايَاتِ al-wilāyāti | وِلَايَاتِ wilāyāti |
| Genitive | وِلَايَاتٍ wilāyātin | الْوِلَايَاتِ al-wilāyāti | وِلَايَاتِ wilāyāti |
Derived terms
- اَلْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةُ (al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥidatu l-ʾamrīkiyyatu, “United States of America”, proper noun)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: vilayət
- → Malay: wilayah
- Indonesian: wilayah
- → Persian: ولایت
- → Assamese: বিলাত (bilat)
- → Bengali: বিলাত (bilat)
- → Burmese: ဘိလပ် (bhi.lap)
- → Gujarati: વિલાયત (vilāyat)
- → Hindustani: vilāyat
- Hindi: विलायत
- Urdu: وِلَایَت
- → English: Blighty
- → Marathi: विलायत (vilāyat)
- → Oriya: ବିଲାତ (bilatô)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (vilayet)
- Turkish: vilayet
- → Armenian: վիլայեթ (vilayetʿ)
- → English: vilayet
- → French: vilayet
- → German: Wilajet
- → Hungarian: vilajet
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਵਲਾਇਤ (valāita)
- Shahmukhi: وَلایت (valāyt)
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic: وِلائِتُ
- Devanagari: विलाइत
- → Thai: วิลาด (wí-lâat)
- → Swahili: Ulaya
- → Chichewa: Ulaya
- → Swahili: wilaya
- → Uzbek: viloyat
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From the root و ل ي (w-l-y).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.laː.ja/
Noun
وَلَايَة • (walāya) f
- verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
- (uncountable) authority
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:
- هُنَالِكَ الْوَلايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ
- hunālika l-walāyatu li-llahi l-ḥaqqi
- There the authority is for God, the Truth.
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Declension
Declension of noun وَلَايَة (walāya)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وَلَايَة walāya | الْوَلَايَة al-walāya | وَلَايَة walāyat |
| Nominative | وَلَايَةٌ walāyatun | الْوَلَايَةُ al-walāyatu | وَلَايَةُ walāyatu |
| Accusative | وَلَايَةً walāyatan | الْوَلَايَةَ al-walāyata | وَلَايَةَ walāyata |
| Genitive | وَلَايَةٍ walāyatin | الْوَلَايَةِ al-walāyati | وَلَايَةِ walāyati |
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| و ل ي |
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi.laː.je/, [wiˈlæː.je]
- IPA(key): /wi.laː.ja/, [wiˈlæː.ja]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
Noun
ولاية • (wilāye) f (plural ولايات (wilāyāt))
- state, province
Derived terms
- الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide, “the United States”)