ਵਲਾਇਤ
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Punjabi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Hindi विलायत (vilāyat).
Noun[edit]
ਵਲਾਇਤ • (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