ولاية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wi.laː.ja/

Noun

وِلَايَة • (wilāya) f (plural وِلَايَات (wilāyāt))

verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
(countable) province, governorate
(countable) state (“political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy”)
(uncountable) authority
(Shiite Islam) the religious authority of the chosen imams (whose acceptance is the fundamental dogma of Shiism)
Synonym: (roughly) إمامة (ʔimāma)

Declension

Declension of noun وِلَايَة (wilāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وِلَايَة wilāya	الْوِلَايَة al-wilāya	وِلَايَة wilāyat
Nominative	وِلَايَةٌ wilāyatun	الْوِلَايَةُ al-wilāyatu	وِلَايَةُ wilāyatu
Accusative	وِلَايَةً wilāyatan	الْوِلَايَةَ al-wilāyata	وِلَايَةَ wilāyata
Genitive	وِلَايَةٍ wilāyatin	الْوِلَايَةِ al-wilāyati	وِلَايَةِ wilāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وِلَايَتَيْن wilāyatayn	الْوِلَايَتَيْن al-wilāyatayn	وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay
Nominative	وِلَايَتَانِ wilāyatāni	الْوِلَايَتَانِ al-wilāyatāni	وِلَايَتَا wilāyatā
Accusative	وِلَايَتَيْنِ wilāyatayni	الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ al-wilāyatayni	وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay
Genitive	وِلَايَتَيْنِ wilāyatayni	الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ al-wilāyatayni	وِلَايَتَيْ wilāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وِلَايَات wilāyāt	الْوِلَايَات al-wilāyāt	وِلَايَات wilāyāt
Nominative	وِلَايَاتٌ wilāyātun	الْوِلَايَاتُ al-wilāyātu	وِلَايَاتُ wilāyātu
Accusative	وِلَايَاتٍ wilāyātin	الْوِلَايَاتِ al-wilāyāti	وِلَايَاتِ wilāyāti
Genitive	وِلَايَاتٍ wilāyātin	الْوِلَايَاتِ al-wilāyāti	وِلَايَاتِ wilāyāti

Derived terms

اَلْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةُ (al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥidatu l-ʔamrīkiyyatu, “United States of America”, proper noun)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: vilayət
→ Malay: wilayah
- Indonesian: wilayah
→ Persian: ولایت
- → Assamese: বিলাত (bilat)
- → Bengali: বিলাত (bilat)
- → Burmese: ဘိလပ် (bhi.lap)
- → Gujarati: વિલાયત (vilāyat)
- → Hindustani: vilāyat
  - Hindi: विलायत
  - Urdu: وِلَایَت (vilāyat)
    - → English: Blighty
- → Marathi: विलायत (vilāyat)
- → Odia: ବିଲାତ (bilatô)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (vilayet)
  - Turkish: vilayet
  - → Armenian: վիլայեթ (vilayetʻ)
  - → English: vilayet
  - → French: vilayet
  - → German: Wilajet
  - → Albanian: vilajet
  - → Dutch: vilajet
  - → Hungarian: vilajet
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਵਲਾਇਤ (valāita)
  Shahmukhi script: وَلایت (valāyt)
- → Sindhi:
  Arabic script: وِلائِتُ
  Devanagari script: विलाइत
- → Thai: วิลาด (wí-lâat)
- → Turkmen:
  Latin script: welaýat
  Cyrillic script: велаят
→ Swahili: Ulaya
- → Chichewa: Ulaya
→ Swahili: wilaya
→ Uzbek: viloyat

References

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

Etymology 2

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.laː.ja/

Noun

وَلَايَة • (walāya) f

verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
(uncountable) authority
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:
  هُنَالِكَ الْوَلايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ
  hunālika al-walāyatu li-llahi l-ḥaqqi
  There the authority is for God, the Truth.

Declension

Declension of noun وَلَايَة (walāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَلَايَة walāya	الْوَلَايَة al-walāya	وَلَايَة walāyat
Nominative	وَلَايَةٌ walāyatun	الْوَلَايَةُ al-walāyatu	وَلَايَةُ walāyatu
Accusative	وَلَايَةً walāyatan	الْوَلَايَةَ al-walāyata	وَلَايَةَ walāyata
Genitive	وَلَايَةٍ walāyatin	الْوَلَايَةِ al-walāyati	وَلَايَةِ walāyati

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل ي
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wi.laː.je/, [wiˈlæː.je]

IPA^(key): /wi.laː.ja/, [wiˈlæː.ja]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)

Noun

ولاية • (wilāye) f (plural ولايات (wilāyāt))

state, province

Derived terms

الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide, “the United States”)

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