औलिया

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اولیاء (awliyā), from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ), plural of وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɔː.lɪ.jɑː/, [ɔː.li.jäː]

Noun

औलिया • (auliyā) m (Urdu spelling اولیا)

1. (Islam) apostle, saint

Declension

Declension of औलिया (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	औलिया auliyā	औलिया auliyā
oblique	औलिया auliyā	औलियाओं auliyāõ
vocative	औलिया auliyā	औलियाओ auliyāo

References

• 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