ولاية

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wi.laː.ja/

Noun

وِلَايَة • (wilāya) f (plural وِلَايَات (wilāyāt))

verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
(countable) province, governorate
(countable) state (“political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy”)
(uncountable) authority
(Shiite Islam) the religious authority of the chosen imams (whose acceptance is the fundamental dogma of Shiism)
Synonym: (roughly) إمامة (ʔimāma)

Declension

Declension of noun **وِلَايَة** (wilāya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وِلَايَة wilāya	الْوِلَايَة al-wilāya	وِلَايَة wilāyat
nominative	وِلَايَةٌ wilāyatun	الْوِلَايَةُ al-wilāyatu	وِلَايَةُ wilāyatu
accusative	وِلَايَةً wilāyatan	الْوِلَايَةَ al-wilāyata	وِلَايَةَ wilāyata
genitive	وِلَايَةٍ wilāyatin	الْوِلَايَةِ al-wilāyati	وِلَايَةِ wilāyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وِلَايَتَيْن wilāyatayn	الْوِلَايَتَيْن al-wilāyatayn	وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay
nominative	وِلَايَتَانِ wilāyatāni	الْوِلَايَتَانِ al-wilāyatāni	وِلَايَتَا wilāyatā
accusative	وِلَايَتَيْنِ wilāyatayni	الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ al-wilāyatayni	وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay
genitive	وِلَايَتَيْنِ wilāyatayni	الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ al-wilāyatayni	وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وِلَايَات wilāyāt	الْوِلَايَات al-wilāyāt	وِلَايَات wilāyāt
nominative	وِلَايَاتٌ wilāyātun	الْوِلَايَاتُ al-wilāyātu	وِلَايَاتُ wilāyātu
accusative	وِلَايَاتٍ wilāyātin	الْوِلَايَاتِ al-wilāyāti	وِلَايَاتِ wilāyāti
genitive	وِلَايَاتٍ wilāyātin	الْوِلَايَاتِ al-wilāyāti	وِلَايَاتِ wilāyāti

Derived terms

اَلْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةُ (al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥidatu l-ʔamrīkiyyatu, “United States of America”, proper noun)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: vilayət
→ Catalan: wilaya
→ Classical Persian: وِلَایَت (wilāyat) (see there for further descendants)
→ English: wilayah
→ French: wilaya
→ German: Wilaya
→ Malay: wilayah
- Indonesian: wilayah
→ Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (vilâyet) (see there for further descendants)
→ Spanish: wilaya
→ Swahili: Ulaya
- → Chichewa: Ulaya
→ Swahili: wilaya

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 1.2

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.laː.ja/

Noun

وَلَايَة • (walāya) f

verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
(uncountable) authority
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:
  هُنَالِكَ الْوَلايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ
  hunālika al-walāyatu li-llahi l-ḥaqqi
  There the authority is for God, the Truth.

Declension

Declension of noun **وَلَايَة** (walāya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَلَايَة walāya	الْوَلَايَة al-walāya	وَلَايَة walāyat
nominative	وَلَايَةٌ walāyatun	الْوَلَايَةُ al-walāyatu	وَلَايَةُ walāyatu
accusative	وَلَايَةً walāyatan	الْوَلَايَةَ al-walāyata	وَلَايَةَ walāyata
genitive	وَلَايَةٍ walāyatin	الْوَلَايَةِ al-walāyati	وَلَايَةِ walāyati

Descendants

→ Old Anatolian Turkish: ولایت (velāyet)
- Azerbaijani: vəlayət
- Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (velâyet)
  - Turkish: velayet

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل ي
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wi.laː.je/, [wiˈlæː.je]
IPA^(key): /wi.laː.ja/, [wiˈlæː.ja]
Audio (al-Lidd): (file)

Noun

ولاية • (wilāye) f (plural ولايات (wilāyāt))

state, province

Derived terms

الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide, “the United States”)