veli

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.li]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvɛ.li]

veli

1. inflection of velar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈveli/
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: ve‧li

veli (present velas, past velis, future velos, conditional velus, volitive velu)

1. (intransitive) to sail

From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognate with Finnish veli.

veli (genitive velle or velje, partitive velle or velje)

1. (uncommon) brother

   Synonyms: vend, vennas

veli

1. indefinite dative singular of vel

From Proto-Finnic *velji, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swelijô.^[1] Cognate with Northern Sami viellja, Karelian velj, Estonian veli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞li]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): ve‧li

veli

1. brother (male sibling)
2. (rare) brother (ally or fellow)
   1. (in particular) Term of address used by World War II veterans among each other.
3. (Helsinki slang) bro

The Helsinki slang usage "bro" is often associated with immigrants.

Inflection of this word is somewhat irregular. The stem in inflected forms is velj(e)-.

• “veli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

• Elvi, ilve, live

From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognates include Finnish veli and Estonian veli.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋelʲi/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
• Rhymes: -eli, -elʲi
• Hyphenation: ve‧li

veli

1. synonym of veljä (“brother”)
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:

     Ivo ono Levon veli.

     Ivo is Levo's brother.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:

     Veli ono kolhozan pravlenjan clena.

     Brother is a member of the board of the kolkhoz.

All forms except the nominative singular show the stem veljä- and are shared with veljä.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “вѣли”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 651

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.li/
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: vé‧li

veli m

1. plural of velo

veli

1. inflection of velare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• Levi, levi, live, vile

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈweː.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.li]

vēlī n

1. genitive singular of vēlum

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛː.lɪ/

veli

1. plural of velu

Borrowed from English veil.

• Audio (Kenya):

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veli class IX (plural veli class X)

1. veil (something to hide an object)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ولی (veli), from Old Anatolian Turkish ولی (velī), from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

• IPA^(key): /veˈli(ː)/
• Hyphenation: ve‧li

veli (definite accusative veliyi, plural veliler)

1. (law) custodian, guardian

   Synonyms: ege, iye

2. parent

   Synonyms: ebeveyn, anne-baba

   çocuklar velilerine notlarını haber verdiler

   the children informed their parents of their grades

3. (religion, Islam) synonym of ermiş
4. (Islam) one of the 99 names of Allah in Islam, meaning the helper of the believers
5. (archaic) friend, acquaintance

• “veli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “veli”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “veli”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

From Proto-Finnic *velji.

veli (genitive vele or velle, partitive veljä or velle)

1. brother

This noun needs an inflection-table template.