ਵਲਾਇਤ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وِلَایَت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Hindi विलायत (vilāyat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋə.læːt̪ə̆/

Noun

ਵਲਾਇਤ • (valāita) f (Shahmukhi spelling ولایت)

  1. a foreign country (particularly Great Britain or somewhere else in the West)
    Synonyms: ਬਦੇਸ (bades), ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ (videś), ਦਸੌਰ (dasaur), ਕੁਦੇਸ (kudes)
    Antonym: ਵਤਨ (vatan)
  • ਵਲਾਇਤੀ (valāitī, “foreign, Western”, adjective)

Further reading

  • “ਵਲਾਇਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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