See also: اولی, اولي, and أولي

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

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Verb

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أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) IV (non-past يُولِي (yūlī), verbal noun إِيلَاء (ʔīlāʔ))

  1. (ditransitive) to entrust to
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References
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  • Mace, John (2007) “أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

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و ل ي (w l y)
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Elative from وَلِيّ (waliyy, near).

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أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) (feminine وُلْيَا (wulyā), masculine dual أَوْلَيَان (ʔawlayān), feminine dual وُلْيَيَان (wulyayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن (ʔawlawn) or أَوَالٍ (ʔawālin), feminine plural وُلْيَيَات (wulyayāt) or وُلًى (wulan))

  1. elative degree of وَلِيّ (waliyy):
    1. nearer; nearest
  2. worthier; worthiest
  3. more appropriate; most appropriate
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: اولیٰ (evlâ)
  • Persian: اولیٰ (owlâ)
  • Urdu: اولیٰ (aulā)
  • Uzbek: avlo
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل (ʔawwal)

Noun

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أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. (singular only, with the definite article, Islam) Synonym of دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Synonym: دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Antonym: آخِرَة (ʔāḵira)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:70:
      لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِي ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْآخِرَة
      lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʔūlā wa-l-ʔāḵira
      To Him [is due] all praise on Earth and in the Hereafter.
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Etymology 4

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Pronoun

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أُولَى (ʾulāc pl

  1. these; alternative form of أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi)
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Etymology 5

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Verb

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أُولَى (ʔūlā) (form I) /ʔuː.laː/

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)