والی

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See also: والئ, والي, والى, and valee

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَالِي (wālī).

Noun

والی • (vâli)

a governor of a large province
Synonym: (archaic) پادوسبان (pâdusbân)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “والی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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