wilayah

English

Alternative forms

• wilaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪˈlɑ(ː)jə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat)

1. A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.
   • 2016, Brian L. Steed, ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 146:

     Some of these wilayahs are more powerful and influential than others. Most, if not all, of the wilayahs act like terrorist groups or nonstate actors.

   • 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

• vilayet

Translations

province in some Arabic countries

• Catalan: wilaya f
• French: wilaya (fr) f
• German: Wilaya
• Spanish: wilaya f

Further reading

• wilayah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Noun

wilayah

1. territory

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /wiˈlajah/ [wiˈla.jah]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ajah
• Syllabification: wi‧la‧yah

Noun

wilayah (plural wilayah-wilayah)

1. territory
2. (loosely) region

   Synonym: daerah

3. (loosely) area

   Synonym: kawasan

Alternative forms

• ulayah
• ulayat
• wilayat

Derived terms

• kewilayahan
• mewilayahi
• perwilayahan
• sewilayah

• wilayah adiabat
• wilayah administratif
• wilayah antar
• wilayah hukum
• wilayah informasi penerbangan
• wilayah kerja
• wilayah konveksi
• wilayah niaga bebas
• wilayah perbatasan
• wilayah pisah

• kantor wilayah
• karantina wilayah

Further reading

• “wilayah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiˈlajah/ [wiˈla.jah]

Noun

wilayah (Jawi spelling ولايه, plural wilayah-wilayah or wilayah²)

1. (politics) any subdivided territory, province, area or region

   wilayah persekutuan: federal territory

   (Malaysia) any territory with separate powers from those granted upon unitary Peninsular states like Sabah and Sarawak

   (Kelantan, Pattani) changwat, a province of Thailand

Descendants

• > Indonesian: wilayah (inherited)
• → Acehnese: wilayah
• → Tausug: wilaya'

Further reading

• "wilayah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017