wilayah
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet.
Noun
wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat)
- A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.
- 2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:
- The wilayas [provincial governorates] of Illizi and Adrar in the Sahara have the highest number of cultural associations for their populations, according to the ministry's figures.
Related terms
Translations
province in some Arabic countries
Further reading
Acehnese
Etymology
From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Noun
wilayah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation
Noun
wilayah (first-person possessive wilayahku, second-person possessive wilayahmu, third-person possessive wilayahnya)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “wilayah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation
Noun
wilayah (Jawi spelling ولايه, plural wilayah-wilayah, informal 1st possessive wilayahku, 2nd possessive wilayahmu, 3rd possessive wilayahnya)
Further reading
- “wilayah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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