Dictionary

vilayet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌvɪləˈjɛt/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”). Doublet of wilaya, wilayat, and Blighty.

Meanings

1. A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.

Forms

Coordinates

kaza · nahiyah · sanjak

Hypernyms

province

Translations (37)

ar وِلَايَة (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · fa ولایت (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · el βιλαέτι (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ru вила́йа (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · kk уәлаят (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · el βιλαέτιο (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ms vilayet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · sq vilajet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · es valiato (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · fr vilayet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · nl vilajet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · tk welaýat (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · crh vilâyet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · tr vilayet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ru вилоя́т (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · pl wilajet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ru вилайе́т (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · tr eyalet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ar إِيَالَة (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · tg вилоят (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ps ولايت (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · mr विलायत (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · hu vilajet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · sl vilajet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ky ылаят (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ur ولایت (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · fa ایالت (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · hi विलायत (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · sh vilajet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · az vilayət (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ug ۋىلايەت (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ru велая́т (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · de Wilajet (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · ota ولایت (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · tg иёлат (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · uz viloyat (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire) · bg вилае́т (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire)