وليمة

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root و ل م (w-l-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.liː.ma/

Noun

وَلِيمَة • (walīma) f (plural وَلَائِم (walāʔim))

  1. banquet
  2. (Islam) walima

Declension

Descendants

  • Albanian: velime
  • Bengali: ওয়ালিমা (walima)
  • English: walima
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: वलीमा (valīmā)
    Urdu: ولیمہ (valīmah)
  • Persian: ولیمه (valime)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵਲੀਮਾ (valīmā)
    Shahmukhi script: ولیمہ (valīmah)

Further reading

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