wali
See also: wāli
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).
Noun
wali (plural walis)
- A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, page 130:
Alternative forms
Translations
provincial governor in certain Islamic countries
Etymology 2
Noun
wali (plural walis)
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay wali, from Arabic وَالِي (wālī).
Pronunciation
Noun
wali (first-person possessive waliku, second-person possessive walimu, third-person possessive walinya)
- custodian
- guardian
- plenipotentiary
- wali (provincial governor)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “wali” 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.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
wali m anim
Verb
wali
Swahili
Etymology
From Malagasy vary (“uncooked rice”).
Noun
wali (u class, no plural)
See also
Noun
wali
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
Adjective
wali
References
- Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2
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