wilayah

English

Alternative forms

• wilaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet.

Noun

wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat)

1. A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.
   • 2016, Brian L. Steed, ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 146:

     Some of these wilayahs are more powerful and influential than others. Most, if not all, of the wilayahs act like terrorist groups or nonstate actors.

   • 2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:

     The wilayas [provincial governorates] of Illizi and Adrar in the Sahara have the highest number of cultural associations for their populations, according to the ministry's figures.

Related terms

• vilayet

Translations

province in some Arabic countries

• Catalan: wilaya f
• French: wilaya (fr) f
• German: Wilaya
• Spanish: wilaya f

Further reading

• wilayah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Noun

wilayah

1. territory

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wilajah]
• Hyphenation: wi‧la‧yah

Noun

wilayah (first-person possessive wilayahku, second-person possessive wilayahmu, third-person possessive wilayahnya)

1. territory, area or region

Alternative forms

• ulayah
• ulayat
• wilayat

 

Derived terms

• kewilayahan
• mewilayahi
• perwilayahan
• sewilayah

 

• wilayah adiabat
• wilayah administratif
• wilayah antar
• wilayah hukum
• wilayah informasi penerbangan
• wilayah kerja
• wilayah konveksi
• wilayah niaga bebas
• wilayah perbatasan
• wilayah pisah

 

• kantor wilayah
• karantina wilayah

 

Further reading

• “wilayah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wilaːˈyɑː/

Noun

wilayah (Jawi spelling ولايه, plural wilayah-wilayah, informal 1st possessive wilayahku, 2nd possessive wilayahmu, 3rd possessive wilayahnya)

1. (politics) territory, area or region
2. (Kelantan, Pattani) changwat, a province of Thailand

Further reading

• “wilayah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.