विलायत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat), Marathi विलायत (vilāyat), Punjabi ਵਲਾਇਤ (valāita).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.jət̪/, [ʋɪ.läː.jɐt̪]

Noun

विलायत • (vilāyat) m (Urdu spelling وِلَایَت)

1. a foreign country, especially one in the West (Europe and North America)
2. (obsolete) England, United Kingdom, Great Britain
3. (historical) Persia

Declension

Declension of विलायत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विलायत vilāyat	विलायत vilāyat
oblique	विलायत vilāyat	विलायतों vilāyatõ
vocative	विलायत vilāyat	विलायतो vilāyato

Synonyms

• (foreign country): विदेश (videś)
• (England, UK, GB):
  • (England): इंग्लैंड (iṅglaiṇḍ), इंगलिस्तान (iṅglistān)
  • (United Kingdom): यूनाइटेड किंगडम (yūnāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam), संयुक्त राजशाही (sanyukta rājaśāhī)
  • (Great Britain): ग्रेट ब्रिटेन (greṭ briṭen)

Derived terms

• विलायती (vilāytī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विलायत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋi.la.jət̪/

Noun

विलायत • (vilāyat) f

1. a foreign country (especially England or another European country)

Synonyms

• (foreign country): परदेश (pardeś)
• (England): इंगलंड (iṅglaṇḍa)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विलायत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विलायत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “विलायत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).