আউলিয়া

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian اولیاء (awliyā'), from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ), plural of وَلِيّ (waliyy). Cognate with Hindustani اولیا / औलिया (auliyā).

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Noun

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আউলিয়া (auliẏa) (Islam)

  1. saints; ascetics
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