اولیا
Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ), plural of وَلِيّ (waliyy, “prophet, saint”). Compare Turkmen öwlüýä and Uzbek avliyo.
Noun
اولیا • (evliyā) (definite accusative اولیایی (evliyāyı), plural اولیالر (evliyālar))
- (Islam, religion) one who displays a lot of religious virtues, and therefore is thought to have reached a supreme religious degree and/or God's love, and is recognized as holy; saint, wali.
- 13th Century, Behcetü'l-Hadâik Fî Mevʼziati'l-Hadâik, page 28a:
- و قامو پیغامبرلر و اولیٰالَرْ دِزٍ دُشالَرْ
- ve qamu peyġāmberler ve evliyālar dizin düşeler
- and all saints and prophets shall fall on their knees
- (literary) plural of ولی (velī, “wali”)
- 1330, Âşık Paşa, Garib-nâme:
- اَنْدَنْ صُكْرَه بَلْكِمْ عُلَمآءِ شَرِيعَتْ وَاَبْنآءِ طَرِيقَتْ وَاَصْحَابِ حَقِيقَتْ • وَمَشَايِخْ وَاَوْلِيَا وَاَصْفٖیَا اَنْلَركِمْ مُبَارِزِ دِينْ وَسِبَاعِ غَابَۀِ يَقِينْ • وَأِمَامِ اَهْلِ اِيمَانْ وَمُقْتَدَایِ قَافِلَۀِ اِسْلَامْ‌دُرْلَرْ
- andan soŋra bil-kim ʼülemā-i şerīʼet ve-ebnā-i ṭerīqet ve-eṣḥāb-i ḥeqīqet, ve-meşāyiḫ ve-evliyā ve-eṣfiyā anlar-kim mübāriz-i dīn ve-sibāʼ-i ġābe-i yeqīn ve-imām-ı ehl-i īmān ve-müqtedā-yı qāfile-i islām-durlar
- and then, know that the ulema of Islam and the founders of sects and true friends and followers and walis and all the poeple in the right path; all the defenders and heroes of the religion are the ones that follow behind the heads of the followers of Islam and the collective of Islam
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اولیا (evliyā), from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ), plural of وَلِيّ (waliyy, “prophet, saint”). Compare Turkmen öwlüýä and Uzbek avliyo.
Noun
اولیا • (evliya) (definite accusative اولیایی (evliyayı), plural اولیالر (evliyalar))
- (Islam, religion) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) saint, wali, a deceased person officially recognised as especially holy or godly by Muslims
- plural of ولی (veli, “wali”)
Derived terms
- اولیا دوه‌سی (evliya devesi, “woodlouse”)
- اولیالق (evliyalık, “sainthood”)
Descendants
- Turkish: evliya
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “اولیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 195
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “evliya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1519
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “evliyâ'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 289
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اولیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 203
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sancti”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1507
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اولیا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 549
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “evliya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اولیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 269
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaw.li.ˈjaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäw.li.jɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔow.li.jɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäw.li.jɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | awliyā |
| Dari reading? | awliyā |
| Iranian reading? | owliyâ |
| Tajik reading? | avliyo |
Noun
اولیا • (owliyâ)
- hamza-less form of اولیاء
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَوْلِیَاء (awliyā'), from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ).
Noun
اولیا • (auliyā) (Hindi spelling औलिया)
- plural of وَلی (valī) — friends (of God), saints, holy men, prophets, apostles.