ولی

See also: ولي and ولى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Noun

ولی • (veli) (plural اولیا (evliya))

  1. parent; close relative
  2. close friend; trusted companion
  3. guardian (person with quasi-parental authority)
  4. saint

Descendants
  • Turkish: veli

Further reading
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “veli”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ولی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1316a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “veli”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology 1

From earlier ولیکن (walēkin), from Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin) or a conjugation of و (wa) and لیکن (lēkin) from Arabic لٰكِن (lākin).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? walē
Dari reading? walē
Iranian reading? vali
Tajik reading? vale

Conjunction
Dari اما, مگر
Iranian Persian ولی
Tajik аммо

ولی • (vali)

  1. but

See also

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy), from the root و ل ي (w-l-y).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? walī
Dari reading? walī
Iranian reading? vali
Tajik reading? valī

Noun

ولی • (vali) (plural اولیاء)

  1. guardian
  2. parent
Derived terms
  • ولی فقیه (vali-ye faqih)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ولی (walī), from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Pronunciation

Noun

ولی • (valī) m (formal plural اولیا (olyā), Hindi spelling वली)

  1. (Islam) favorite with God
  2. (Islam) prophet, saint
  3. master, lord, defender, guardian, friend
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