विलायत
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat), Marathi विलायत (vilāyat), Punjabi ਵਲਾਇਤ (valāita).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editविलायत • (vilāyat) m (Urdu spelling وِلَایَت)
- a foreign country, especially one in the West (Europe and North America)
- (obsolete) England, United Kingdom, Great Britain
- (historical) Persia
Declension
editDeclension of विलायत (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms
edit- (foreign country): विदेश (videś)
- (England, UK, GB):
- (England): इंग्लैंड (iṅglaiṇḍ), इंगलिस्तान (iṅglistān)
- (United Kingdom): यूनाइटेड किंगडम (yūnāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam), संयुक्त राजशाही (sanyukta rājaśāhī)
- (Great Britain): ग्रेट ब्रिटेन (greṭ briṭen)
Derived terms
edit- विलायती (vilāytī)
Further reading
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विलायत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editविलायत • (vilāyat) f
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- Berntsen, Maxine, “विलायत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विलायत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “विलायत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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