والیلك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From والی (vali) +‎ ـلك (-lik), from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).

Noun

والیلك • (valilik)

  1. the office or duty of a governor general
  2. the territory ruled by a governor general

Descendants

  • Turkish: valilik

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “والیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2124
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1217
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