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wilayat en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَات (wilāyāt).

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of wilaya
   form of wilaya

wilayat en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وِلَایَت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wilaya.
   alt of wilaya
   • In an area such as Malerkotla, where there are dozens of tomb shrines to these buzurgs, the belief is that the wilayat is well fortified against all dangers. 2010, Anna Bigelow, Sharing the Sacred: Practicing Pluralism in Muslim North India, page 136:

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