ولایتی

Urdu

Etymology

From ولایت‎ (vilāyat) +‎ ـی‎ (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.jə.t̪iː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.jə.t̪iː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: وِ‧لا‧ی‧تی

Adjective

وِلایتی • (vilāyatī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling विलायती)

European, western
Synonyms: یُورَپی‎ (yūrapī), مَغرِبی‎ (maġribī), فرنگی‎ (farangī)
foreign, imported
Synonyms: بِدیسی‎ (bidēsī), پَردیسی‎ (pardēsī)
(rare) stranger
Synonym: اجنَبی‎ (ajnabī)

Antonyms

(informal) دیسی‎ (desī)
(formal) مَقامی‎ (maqāmī)

Related terms

ولایتی بینگن‎ (vilāyatī-baiṅgan, “tomato, love apple, literally "foreign eggplant," compare to Persian گوجه فرنگی”)

Descendants

→ English: Blighty

References

“ولایتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017. (and ولایتی)
“ولایتی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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