تولى

See also: بولی, تؤلي, بولي, تولي, تولٍي, and بولٍي

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ل ي (w-l-y); compare وَلِيَ (waliya, “to be near, to govern”).

Verb

1. to be invested with power (by a superior), to govern, to administer
2. to be nominated, be appointed
3. to turn the back, yield, take to flight, turn away
4. to remove to a distance, desist, give up
5. to be an ally
   • Qur'an 5:56
   • وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

     waman yatawalla l-laha warasūlahū wallaḏīna ʔāmanū faʔinna ḥizba l-lahi humu l-ḡālibūna

     And whoever is an ally of Allāh and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed, the party of Allāh - they will be the predominant. (Saheeh International)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تولى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)

Etymology 3

Verb

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)

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Chagatai

Noun

تولى (transliteration needed)

1. hail