औलिया
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian اولیاء (awliyā), from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ), plural of وَلِيّ (waliyy).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editऔलिया • (auliyā) m (Urdu spelling اولیا)
Declension
editDeclension of औलिया (masc unmarked ā-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “औलिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1960) Persian Influence on Hindi[1], Allahabad, India: Bharati Press, page 23