ولاية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.laː.ja/

Noun

وِلَايَة • (wilāya) f (plural وِلَايَات (wilāyāt))

1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
2. (countable) province, governorate
3. (countable) state (“political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy”)
4. (uncountable) authority
5. (Shiite Islam) the religious authority of the chosen imams (whose acceptance is the fundamental dogma of Shiism)

   Synonym: (roughly) إمامة (ʔimāma)

Declension

Declension of noun وِلَايَة (wilāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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

• اَلْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةُ (al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥidatu l-ʔamrīkiyyatu, “United States of America”, proper noun)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vilayət
• → Malay: wilayah
  • Indonesian: wilayah
• → Persian: ولایت
  • → Assamese: বিলাত (bilat)
  • → Bengali: বিলাত (bilat)
  • → Burmese: ဘိလပ် (bhi.lap)
  • → Gujarati: વિલાયત (vilāyat)
  • → Hindustani: vilāyat
    • Hindi: विलायत
    • Urdu: وِلَایَت (vilāyat)
      • → English: Blighty
  • → Marathi: विलायत (vilāyat)
  • → Odia: ବିଲାତ (bilatô)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (vilayet)
    • Turkish: vilayet
    • → Armenian: վիլայեթ (vilayetʻ)
    • → English: vilayet
    • → French: vilayet
    • → German: Wilajet
    • → Albanian: vilajet
    • → Dutch: vilajet
    • → Hungarian: vilajet
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਵਲਾਇਤ (valāita)

    Shahmukhi script: وَلایت (valāyt)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: وِلائِتُ

    Devanagari script: विलाइत

  • → Thai: วิลาด (wí-lâat)
  • → Turkmen:

    Latin script: welaýat

    Cyrillic script: велаят

• → Swahili: Ulaya
  • → Chichewa: Ulaya
• → Swahili: wilaya
• → Uzbek: viloyat

References

• 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

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.laː.ja/

Noun

وَلَايَة • (walāya) f

1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
2. (uncountable) authority
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:

     هُنَالِكَ الْوَلايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ

     hunālika al-walāyatu li-llahi l-ḥaqqi

     There the authority is for God, the Truth.

Declension

Declension of noun وَلَايَة (walāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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

Root
و ل ي
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.laː.je/, [wiˈlæː.je]
• IPA^(key): /wi.laː.ja/, [wiˈlæː.ja]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Noun

ولاية • (wilāye) f (plural ولايات (wilāyāt))

1. state, province

Derived terms

• الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide, “the United States”)