والی

See also: والئ, والي, والى, and valee

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /waː.ˈliː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.líː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.líː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.lí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.líː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.lí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wālī
Dari reading^?	wālī
Iranian reading^?	vâli
Tajik reading^?	voli

Noun

والی • (wālī / vâli)

a governor of a large province
Synonym: (archaic) پادوسبان (pādūsbān / pâdusbân)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “والی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim