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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{bor|ota|fa|ولایت|tr=vilâyat}}, from {{der|ota|ar|وِلَايَة}}.
From {{bor|ota|fa|ولایت|tr=velâyat}}, derived from {{der|ota|ar|وِلَايَة}}.
{{root|ota|ar|و ل ي}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{ota-noun|tr=vilayet}}
{{ota-noun|tr=vilayet|pl=ولایات}}


# [[province]]
# [[province]]
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====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desc|tr|vilayet}}
* {{desc|tr|vilayet}}
* {{desc|sq|vilajet|bor=1}}
* {{desc|hy|վիլայեթ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nl|vilajet|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|vilayet|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|vilayet|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|vilayet|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|vilayet|bor=1}}
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{{c|ota|Administrative divisions}}
{{c|ota|Administrative divisions}}

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==Persian==
==Persian==
{{wikipedia|lang=fa}}
{{wp|lang=fa}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{bor|fa|ar|وِلَايَة}}.
{{root|fa|ar|و ل ي}}
{{lbor|fa|ar|وِلَايَة}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fa-IPA|v|i|l|ā|y|a|t}}
{{fa-IPA|wilāyat}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{fa-regional|ولایت|ولایت|вилоят}}
{{fa-regional|ولایت|ولایت|вилоят}}
{{fa-noun|tr=velâyat|pl=ولایت‌ها|pl2=ولایات|pl2tr=velâyât}}
{{fa-noun|head=وِلَايَت|tr=velâyat|pl=ولایت‌ها|pl2=ولایات|pl2tr=velâyât}}


# [[province]]
# [[province]]
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====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desc|bn|বিলাত}}
* {{desc|as|বিলাত|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bn|বিলাত|বিলেত|bor=1}}
* → Hindustani:
* {{desc|gu|વિલાયત|bor=1}}
* {{desc|inc-hnd|-|bor=1}}
*: {{desc|hi|विलायत}}
*: {{desc|hi|विलायत}}
*: {{desc|ur|ولایت|tr=vilāyat}}
*: {{desc|ur|وِلَایَت|tr=vilāyat}}
** {{desctree|my|ဘိလပ်|bor=1}}
** {{desc|en|Blighty|bor=1}}
* {{desc|kk|-|bor=1}}
*: {{desc|kk|уәлаят|sclb=1}}
*: {{desc|kk|uälaiat|sclb=1}}
*: {{desc|kk|ٴۋالايات|sclb=1}}
* {{desc|ky|ылаят|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mr|विलायत|bor=1}}
* {{desc|or|ବିଲାତ|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|ota|ولایت|tr=vilayet|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|ota|ولایت|tr=vilayet|bor=1}}
* {{desc|my|ဘိလပ်|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pa|-|bor=1}}
* {{desc|th|วิลาด|bor=1}}
*: {{desc|pa|ਵਲਾਇਤ|sclb=1}}
*: {{desc|pa|وَلایت|sclb=1}}

* {{desc|sd|-|bor=1}}
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*: {{desc|sd|وِلائِتُ|sclb=1}}
*: {{desc|sd|विलाइत|sclb=1}}
* {{desc|th|วิลาด|วิลาศ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|tk|-|bor=1}}
*: {{desc|tk|welaýat|sclb=1}}
*: {{desc|tk|велаят|sclb=1}}


==Urdu==
==Urdu==
{{wikipedia|lang=ur}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{bor|ur|fa|ولایت|tr=vilāyat}}.
{{root|ur|ar|و ل ي}}
{{bor+|ur|fa-cls|ولایت|tr=wilāyat}}, from {{der|ur|ar|وِلَايَة}}. Compare {{cog|mr|विलायत}}, {{cog|bn|বিলাত}}/{{m|bn|বিলেত}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ur-IPA|vilāyat}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{ur-noun|g=m|tr=vilāyat|hi=विलायत}}
{{ur-noun|head=وِلایَت|g=m|tr=vilāyat|hi=विलायत}}


# [[province]], [[state]], [[realm]], [[inhabited]] [[country]] or [[region]]
# [[province]]
#: {{syn|ur|صوبہ|ریاست|مُلک|tr1=sūbā|tr2=riyāsat|tr3=mulk}}
# [[state]]
# [[dominion]], [[government]], [[jurisdiction]]
#: {{syn|ur|حکومت|tr=hukūmat}}
# a [[foreign]] [[country]], especially one in the [[West]] ([[historically]] only [[Europe]] but now [[North America]] as well as other places largely [[populated]] by people of [[European]] [[descent]])
# {{lb|ur|obsolete}} [[England]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Great Britain]]
# {{lb|ur|historical|obsolete}} [[Kabulistan]]; [[Persia]]


==== Derived terms ====
====Derived terms====
* {{desc|ur|ولائتی|tr=valā'yatī}}
* {{l|ur|وِلائتی|tr=vilā'itī}}


===References===
===Further reading===
* {{R:Platts}}
* {{R:ur:Pakistani Dictionary}}
* {{R:ur:Rekhta}}
* {{R:ur:Qureshi|ولايت}}
* {{R:inc-hnd:Platts|ولايت}}

Latest revision as of 14:05, 29 August 2024

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian ولایت (velâyat), derived from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Noun

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ولایت (vilayet) (plural ولایات)

  1. province

Descendants

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? wilāyat
Dari reading? wilāyat
Iranian reading? velâyat
Tajik reading? viloyat

Noun

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Dari ولایت
Iranian Persian
Tajik вилоят

وِلَايَت (velâyat) (plural ولایت‌ها (velâyat-hâ) or ولایات (velâyât))

  1. province
    Synonym: استان (ostân)

Descendants

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Urdu

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Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ur

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Marathi विलायत (vilāyat), Bengali বিলাত (bilat)/বিলেত (bilet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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وِلایَت (vilāyatm (Hindi spelling विलायत)

  1. province, state, realm, inhabited country or region
    Synonyms: صوبہ (sūbā), ریاست (riyāsat), مُلک (mulk)
  2. dominion, government, jurisdiction
    Synonym: حکومت (hukūmat)
  3. a foreign country, especially one in the West (historically only Europe but now North America as well as other places largely populated by people of European descent)
  4. (obsolete) England, United Kingdom, Great Britain
  5. (historical, obsolete) Kabulistan; Persia

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ولایت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ولایت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ولايت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ولايت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.