ولاية
Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
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و ل ي (w-l-y) |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 (ʔimāma)
Declension edit
Declension of noun وِلَايَة (wilāya)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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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 edit
- اَلْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةُ (al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥidatu l-ʔamrīkiyyatu, “United States of America”, proper noun)
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: vilayət
- → Malay: wilayah
- Indonesian: wilayah
- → Persian: ولایت
- → Swahili: Ulaya
- → Chichewa: Ulaya
- → Swahili: wilaya
- → Uzbek: viloyat
References edit
- 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 edit
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و ل ي (w-l-y) |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
وَلَايَة • (walāya) f
- verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
- (uncountable) authority
Declension edit
Declension of noun وَلَايَة (walāya)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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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 edit
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و ل ي |
1 term |
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ولاية • (wilāye) f (plural ولايات (wilāyāt))
Derived terms edit
- الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide, “the United States”)