awliiya

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ), plural of وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈliːja/, [ʔʌwˈliːjʌ]
• Hyphenation: aw‧liiya

Noun

awlíiya m 

1. (Islam) saint, prophet

Declension

Declension of awlíiya
absolutive	awlíiya
predicative	awlíiya
subjective	awliiyí
genitive	awliiyí
Postpositioned forms l-case awlíiyal k-case awlíiyak t-case awlíiyat h-case awlíiyah

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “awliìya”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN