ولایتی

Urdu

Etymology

From ولایت (vilāyat) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.ɪ.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: وِ‧لا‧ی‧تی

Adjective

وِلایتی • (vilāyatī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling विलायती)

1. European, western

   Synonyms: یُورَپی (yūrapī), مَغرِبی (maġribī), فرنگی (farangī)

2. foreign, imported

   Synonyms: بِدیسی (bidēsī), پَردیسی (pardēsī)

3. (rare) stranger

   Synonym: اجنَبی (ajnabī)

Antonyms

• (informal) دیسی (desī)
• (formal) مَقامی (maqāmī)

Related terms

• ولایتی بینگن (vilāyatī-baiṅgan, “tomato, love apple”, literally “foreign eggplant”)

Descendants

• → English: Blighty

References

• “ولایتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017. (and ولایتی)
• “ولایتی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.