wali
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).
Noun
wali (plural walis)
- A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
- 2007 November 2, Jane Perlez, “Militants Draw New Front Line Inside Pakistan”, in New York Times:
- 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
Coordinate terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
wali (plural walis)
- (Islam) A saint or prophet.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 130:
- You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.
Anagrams
Balinese
Romanization
wali
- Romanization of ᬯᬮᬶ
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
wali (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎᜒ)
- sermon
- Synonym: sangyaw
Hausa
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
wālī m (possessed form wālin)
- vizier (a traditional title)
Etymology 2
See wàliyyī̀.
Pronunciation
Noun
wàlî m (possessed form wàlîn)
- Alternative form of wàliyyī̀
Descendants
- → Yoruba: wòlíì
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).
Noun
- custodian
- guardian
- (law, Indonesia) A person or institution legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
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- (Islam) A saint.
- Synonym: orang suci
- 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
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
Etymology 4
Noun
- clipping of rajawali (“peregrine falcon”).
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.
Javanese
Romanization
wali
- Romanization of ꦮꦭꦶ
Kabyle
Verb
wali (intensive aorist ttwali, aorist iwali, preterite iwala, negative preterite iwala)
Kapampangan
Noun
wáli
- Súlat Wáwâ spelling of uali
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bali (“reverse, turn around”), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (“return”).
Alternative forms
- waluy
Adverb
wali
Verb
wali
- to repeat
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit बलि (bali). Doublet of bali (“tribute, offering”).
Noun
wali
- ritual requisites
- ceremonial clothes
- person in-charge of ritual or ceremony
Derived terms
- pali
- pawali
- sĕkar wali
- wali kuwaṅ
Descendants
Etymology 3
Noun
wali
- Alternative spelling of wallī (“creeper”)
Further reading
- "wali" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
wali m animal
Verb
wali
Sakizaya
Pronunciation
Noun
wali
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malagasy vary (“uncooked rice”).
Noun
wali class XI (no plural)
See also
- mchele (raw husked rice)
- mpunga (raw unhusked rice)
- (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]
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
wali
Weri
Pronunciation
Adjective
wali
References
- Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2
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