تولى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

Verb

تَوَلَّى • (tawallā) V, non-past يَتَوَلَّى‎ (yatawallā)

  1. to take charge of, to take control of
    • 1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلو قلبي [Ask my heart]:
      وَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ ٱلْقَلْبَ يَوْمًا
      تَوَلَّى ٱلدَّمْعُ عَنْ قَلْبِي جَوَابًا
      وَلِي بَيْنَ ٱلضُّلُوعِ دَمٌ وَلَحْمٌ
      هُمَا ٱلْوَاهِي ٱلَّذِي ثَكِلَ ٱلشَّبَابَا
      wakuntu ʔiḏā saʔaltu l-qalba yawman
      tawallā d-damʕu ʕan qalbī jawāban
      walī bayna ḍ-ḍulūʕi damun walaḥmun
      humā l-wāhī llaḏī ṯakila š-šabābā
      And if I asked my heart one day,
      tears would answer instead of my heart
      And I have blood and flesh between my ribs
      They are the weakness which lost my youth
  2. to be invested with power (by a superior), to govern, to administer
  3. to be nominated, be appointed
  4. to turn the back, yield, take to flight, turn away
  5. to remove to a distance, desist, give up
  6. to be an ally
    • Qur'an 5:56
    • وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ
      And whoever is an ally of Allāh and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed, the party of Allāh - they will be the predominant. (Saheeh International)
Conjugation
References

Verb

تُولَى • (tūlā) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
  2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)
  3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
  4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)

Verb

تُولَى • (tūlā) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
  2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
  3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
  4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)

Chagatai

Noun

تولى (transliteration needed)

  1. hail
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