vilayet
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”).[1] Doublet of wilayah.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun[edit]
vilayet (plural vilayets)
- (politics) A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.
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Translations[edit]
one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
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References[edit]
- ^ “vilayet”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ولایت, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vilayet m (plural vilayets)
References[edit]
- “vilayet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading[edit]
- “vilayet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish ولایت sg (vilāyat /vilāyät/), from Classical Persian وِلایَت sg (vilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة f sg (wilāya).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vilayet (definite accusative vilayeti, plural vilayetler)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vilayet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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