ولي

See also: ولی‎ and ولى‎

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ijj

Etymology 1

From the root و ل ي‎ (w-l-y).

Verb

وَلِيَ • (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎‎ (yalī)

  1. to be close to, stand immediately by, be neighboring, follow close upon (transitive)
  2. to confine with (transitive)
  3. to depend, appertain
Conjugation
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Verb

وَلِيَ • (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎‎ (yalī)

  1. to be a friend, assistant, helper
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ولي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

وَلِيَ • (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎‎ (yalī)

  1. to administer, govern, be placed at the head of (transitive)
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Noun

وَلْي • (waly) m

  1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya, “to be close to, be friends with, administer”) (form I)
  2. nearness, proximity, contiguity
  3. friendship
  4. government of a province
  5. shower after shower
Declension
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Adjective

وَلِيّ • (waliyy) (feminine وَلِيَّة‎ (waliyya), elative أَوْلَى‎ (ʔawlā))

  1. near
  2. adjacent
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

وَلِيّ • (waliyy) m (plural أَوْلِيَاء‎ (ʔawliyāʔ))

  1. relative, neighbor, friend, beloved one
    ‏وَلِيّ الْعَهْد‎‎ ― waliyy al-ʕahd ― heir apparent
  2. helper, protector, benefactor, patron, master
  3. administrator, bestower
  4. client, slave
  5. favorite
  6. (Islam) favorite with God
  7. (Islam) prophet, saint
Declension
Descendants
  • → Afar: awliiya (from the plural)
  • → Azerbaijani: Vəli
  • → Turkish: evliya (from the plural)
References
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