ولي

See also: ولی and ولى

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ijj

Etymology 1

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Verb

وَلِيَ • (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎ (yalī)

  1. to be close to, stand immediately by, be neighboring, follow close upon (transitive)
  2. to follow
    Antonym: سَبَقَ (sabaqa)
    يَلِي ٱلْعَدَدَ ٢ ٱلْعَدَدُ ٣ وَيَسْبِقُهُ ٱلْعَدَدُ ١.
    yalī l-ʕadada 2 l-ʕadadu 3 wayasbiquhu l-ʕadadu 1.
    The number 2 is followed by the number 3 and preceded by the number 1.
  3. to confine with (transitive)
  4. to depend, appertain
Conjugation
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Verb

وَلِيَ • (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎ (yalī)

  1. to be a friend, assistant, helper
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ولي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

وَلِيَ • (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎ (yalī)

  1. to administer, govern, be placed at the head of (transitive)
Conjugation
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Noun

وَلْي • (waly) m

  1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya, to be close to, be friends with, administer) (form I)
  2. nearness, proximity, contiguity
  3. friendship
  4. government of a province
  5. shower after shower
Declension
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Adjective

وَلِيّ • (waliyy) (feminine وَلِيَّة (waliyya), elative أَوْلَى (ʔawlā))

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

Noun

وَلِيّ • (waliyy) m (plural أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ))

  1. relative, neighbor, friend, beloved one
    وَلِيّ الْعَهْدwaliyy al-ʕahdheir apparent
  2. helper, protector, benefactor, patron, master
  3. administrator, bestower
  4. client, slave
  5. favorite
  6. (Islam) favorite with God
  7. (Islam) prophet, saint
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: Vəli
  • English: wali
  • Ottoman Turkish: ولی (veli)
  • Persian: ولی (vali)
  • Afar: awliiya (from the plural)
  • Ottoman Turkish: اولیا (evliya) (from the plural)
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