ਵਲਾਇਤ
Punjabi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Hindi विलायत (vilāyat).
Noun
editਵਲਾਇਤ • (valāita) f (Shahmukhi spelling ولایت)
- a foreign country (particularly Great Britain or somewhere else in the West)
Related terms
edit- ਵਲਾਇਤੀ (valāitī, “foreign, Western”, adjective)
Further reading
edit- “ਵਲਾਇਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024