وال
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| و ل ي (w l y) |
| 22 terms |
Etymology 1
Derived from the active participle of وَلِيَ (waliya, “to administer, to govern”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waː.lin/
Noun
وَالٍ • (wālin) m (construct state وَالِي (wālī), plural وُلَاة (wulāh))
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَالِي wālī |
الْوَالِي al-wālī |
وَالِي wālī |
| nominative | وَالٍ wālin |
الْوَالِي al-wālī |
وَالِي wālī |
| accusative | وَالِيًا wāliyan |
الْوَالِيَ al-wāliya |
وَالِيَ wāliya |
| genitive | وَالٍ wālin |
الْوَالِي al-wālī |
وَالِي wālī |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | وَالِيَيْن wāliyayn |
الْوَالِيَيْن al-wāliyayn |
وَالِيَيْ wāliyay |
| nominative | وَالِيَانِ wāliyāni |
الْوَالِيَانِ al-wāliyāni |
وَالِيَا wāliyā |
| accusative | وَالِيَيْنِ wāliyayni |
الْوَالِيَيْنِ al-wāliyayni |
وَالِيَيْ wāliyay |
| genitive | وَالِيَيْنِ wāliyayni |
الْوَالِيَيْنِ al-wāliyayni |
وَالِيَيْ wāliyay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وُلَاة wulāt |
الْوُلَاة al-wulāt |
وُلَاة wulāt |
| nominative | وُلَاةٌ wulātun |
الْوُلَاةُ al-wulātu |
وُلَاةُ wulātu |
| accusative | وُلَاةً wulātan |
الْوُلَاةَ al-wulāta |
وُلَاةَ wulāta |
| genitive | وُلَاةٍ wulātin |
الْوُلَاةِ al-wulāti |
وُلَاةِ wulāti |
Descendants
- → English: wali
- → Persian: والی (vâli)
- → Tajik: воли (vol-i)
- → Hausa: wali
- → Yoruba: wòlíì
- → Indonesian: wali
- → Kurdish: walî
- → Ottoman Turkish: والی (vali)
- → Tatar: вали (wali)
- → Uyghur: ۋالى (wali)
- → Uzbek: voli
Etymology 2
Verb
وَالِ • (wāli) (form III) /waː.li/
- second-person masculine singular imperative of وَالَى (wālā)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
Persian
Alternative forms
- اوال (avâl), افال (afâl) (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos. Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”). Distant cognate with English whale.
Noun
وال • (vâl) (plural والها (vâl-hâ))
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: وال (val)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vā́la). Cognate with Gujarati વાળ (vāḷ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʋäːɭᵊ/
Noun
واࣇ • (vāḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਲ਼ or ਵਾਲ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | واࣇ (vāḷ) | واࣇ (vāḷ) |
| oblique | واࣇ (vāḷ) | واࣇاں (vāḷāṉ) |
| vocative | واࣇا (vāḷā) | واࣇو (vāḷo) |
| ablative | واࣇوں (vāḷoṉ) | واࣇاں (vāḷāṉ) |
| locative | واࣇے (vāḷe) | واࣇِیں (vāḷīṉ) |
| instrumental | واࣇوں (vāḷoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وال”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “وال”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vā́la”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674
Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit वाल (vāla)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaːl/
Noun
وال (vāl) m