wali

See also: wāli

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːliː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).

Noun

wali (plural walis)

1. 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.

Alternative forms

• wāli
• vali (via Turkish)

Translations

provincial governor in certain Islamic countries

• French: wali (fr) m
• Hindi: वाली (hi) m (vālī)
• Indonesian: wali (id)
• Italian: valì m
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• Malay: wali
• 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.

Anagrams

• wail, wila

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wali, from Arabic وَالِي (wālī).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. custodian
2. guardian
3. plenipotentiary
4. wali (provincial governor)

Derived terms

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

 

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.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.li/

Noun

wali m anim

1. genitive plural of wal

   Synonym: walów

Verb

wali

1. third-person singular present of walić

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Swahili

Etymology

From Malagasy vary (“uncooked rice”).

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]}

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Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑli/

Adjective

wali

1. long

References

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