والی

See also: والئ, والي, والى, and valee

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَالِي (wālī).

Noun

والی • (vâli)

1. a governor of a large province

   Synonym: (archaic) پادوسبان (pâdusbân)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “والی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim