ولاية

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.laː.ja/

Noun

وِلَايَة • (wilāya) f (plural وِلَايَات (wilāyāt))

1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
2. (countable) province, governorate
3. (countable) state (“political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy”)
4. (uncountable) authority
5. (Shiite Islam) the religious authority of the chosen imams (whose acceptance is the fundamental dogma of Shiism)

   Synonym: (roughly) إمامة (ʔimāma)

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-ʔamrīkiyyatu, “United States of America”, proper noun)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vilayət
• → Catalan: wilaya
• → Classical Persian: وِلَایَت (wilāyat) (see there for further descendants)
• → English: wilayah
• → French: wilaya
• → German: Wilaya
• → Malay: wilayah
  • Indonesian: wilayah
• → Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (vilâyet) (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: wilaya
• → Swahili: Ulaya
  • → Chichewa: Ulaya
• → Swahili: wilaya

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 1.2

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.laː.ja/

Noun

وَلَايَة • (walāya) f

1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
2. (uncountable) authority
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:

     هُنَالِكَ الْوَلايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ

     hunālika al-walāyatu li-llahi l-ḥaqqi

     There the authority is for God, the Truth.

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

Descendants

• → Old Anatolian Turkish: ولایت (velāyet)
  • Azerbaijani: vəlayət
  • Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (velâyet)
    • Turkish: velayet

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل ي
1 term

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))

1. state, province

Derived terms

• الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide, “the United States”)