ولایتی

Urdu

Etymology

From ولایت (vilāyat) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.ɪ.t̪iː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: وِ‧لا‧ی‧تی

Adjective

وِلایتی • (vilāyatī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling विलायती)

European, western
Synonyms: یُورَپی (yūrapī), مَغرِبی (maġribī), فرنگی (farangī)
foreign, imported
Synonyms: بِدیسی (bidēsī), پَردیسی (pardēsī)
(rare) stranger
Synonym: اجنَبی (ajnabī)

Antonyms

(informal) دیسی (desī)
(formal) مَقامی (maqāmī)

Related terms

ولایتی بینگن (vilāyatī-baiṅgan, “tomato, love apple, literally "foreign eggplant," compare to Persian گوجه فرنگی”)

Descendants

→ English: Blighty

References

“ولایتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017. (and ولایتی)
“ولایتی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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