ვალი

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Georgian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vali/
  • Hyphenation: ვა‧ლი

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Georgian ვალი (vali).

Noun[edit]

ვალი (vali) (usually uncountable, plural ვალები)

  1. debt
  2. obligation
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Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ვალი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 153

Etymology 2[edit]

Ultimately from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin), likely through Ottoman Turkish.

Noun[edit]

ვალი (vali) (plural ვალები)

  1. wali (A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries.)
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Related terms[edit]

Laz[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇w-el-.

Noun[edit]

ვალი (vali) (Latin spelling vali)

  1. Atina and Vizha form of ყვალი (qvali)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish والی (vali), Derived from Arabic وَالِي (wālī).

Noun[edit]

ვალი (vali) (Latin spelling vali)

  1. governor
    თასინიქ ბერეფემუში ვალი დო კაჲმაკამეფეზ ელუშინამს
    tasinik berepemuşi vali do ǩaymaǩamepez eluşinams
    Tahsin compares his children to governors and district governors
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Further reading[edit]

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “vali[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “vali[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ვალი1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ვალი2”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi