wali

See also: Wali and wāli

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːliː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ‎ (wālin).

Noun

wali (plural walis)

1. A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
   • 2007 November 2, Jane Perlez, “Militants Draw New Front Line Inside Pakistan”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali, bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented.

Alternative forms

• wāli; vali (Turkish contexts)

Coordinate terms

• sanjakbey, mutasarrif, kaymakam, mudir

Translations

provincial governor in certain Islamic countries

• French: wali (fr) m
• Hindi: वाली (hi) m (vālī)
• Indonesian: wali (id)
• Italian: valì m
• Malay: wali (ms)
• Russian: вали́ (ru) (valí)
• Spanish: valí (es) m
• Turkish: vali (tr)

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَلِيّ‎ (waliyy).

Noun

wali (plural walis)

1. (Islam) A saint or prophet.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, page 130:

     You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.

Anagrams

• wail, wila

Hausa

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَالِي‎ (wālī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wáː.líː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wáː.líː]

Noun

wālī m (possessed form wālin)

1. vizier (a traditional title)

Etymology 2

See wàliyyī̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wà.lîː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wə̀.lîː]

Noun

wàlî m (possessed form wàlîn)

1. Alternative form of wàliyyī̀

Descendants

• → Yoruba: wòlíì

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wali/
• Hyphenation: wa‧li

Etymology 1

From Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ‎ (waliyy).

Noun

wali (first-person possessive waliku, second-person possessive walimu, third-person possessive walinya)

1. custodian
2. guardian
   1. (law, Indonesia) A person or institution legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
   2. (Islam) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. (Islam) A saint.

   Synonym: orang suci

4. plenipotentiary(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

• kewalian
• memperwalikan
• mewalikan
• perwalian
• wali Allah
• wali hakim
• wali kelas
• wali murid
• wali rumah
• wali sanga

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَالِي‎ (wālī), of وَالٍ‎ (wālin).

Noun

wali (first-person possessive waliku, second-person possessive walimu, third-person possessive walinya)

1. A chief (of a territory)
   1. A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries; wali.

Derived terms

• wali kota
• wali nagari
• wali negara
• wali negeri

 

Etymology 3

From Old Javanese wali (“ritual requisites; ceremonial clothes”), bali (“tribute, offering”), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

Noun

wali (first-person possessive waliku, second-person possessive walimu, third-person possessive walinya)

1. (obsolete) yellow drapery for ceremonial use.
2. small, sharp carving knife.

Etymology 4

Noun

wali (first-person possessive waliku, second-person possessive walimu, third-person possessive walinya)

1. clipping of rajawali (“peregrine falcon”).

Further reading

• “wali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Kabyle

Verb

wali (intensive aorist ttwali, aorist iwali, preterite iwala, negative preterite iwala)

1. to see

   Synonym: ẓer

2. to watch

   Tettwalim tiliẓri ?

   Are you guys watching television?

3. to think, consider

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw.

Verb

wali

1. to repeat

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: wa‧li

Noun

wali m anim

1. genitive plural of wal

   Synonym: walów

Verb

wali

1. third-person singular present of walić

Sakizaya

Noun

wali

1. east

Swahili

Etymology

From Malagasy vary (“uncooked rice”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

wali (u class, no plural)

1. cooked rice

See also

• mchele (raw husked rice)
• mpunga (raw unhusked rice)

Noun

wali

1. plural of mwali

See also

• (Cereals) nafaka; shayiri (“barley”), mahindi (“maize”), ulezi (“millet”), oti (“oats”), mchele (“husked rice”) / mpunga (“unhusked rice”) / wali (“cooked rice”), ngano nyekundu (“rye”), mtama (“sorghum”), ngano (“wheat”) ^{(Category: sw:Grains) [edit]}

Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑli/

Adjective

wali

1. long

References

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2