wali

English

Category:English terms derived from Arabic#WALICategory:English terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي#WALI

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from ArabicCategory:English terms borrowed from Arabic#WALICategory:English terms derived from Arabic#WALI وَالٍ (wālin).

Category:English terms derived from Arabic#WALICategory:English terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي#WALI

Noun

wali (plural walis)Category:English lemmas#WALICategory:English nouns#WALICategory:English countable nouns#WALICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. 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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#WALI
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From ArabicCategory:English terms borrowed from Arabic#WALICategory:English terms derived from Arabic#WALI وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Category:English terms derived from Arabic#WALICategory:English terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي#WALI

Noun

wali (plural walis)Category:English lemmas#WALICategory:English nouns#WALICategory:English countable nouns#WALICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. (IslamCategory:en:Islam#WALI) A saint or prophet.

Anagrams

Category:en:People#WALICategory:en:Leaders#WALI

Amis

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Amis terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#WALICategory:Amis terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#WALI *waʀi (“day; sun”).

Noun

waliCategory:Amis lemmas#WALICategory:Amis nouns#WALICategory:Amis entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. east
    I wali ko cidal a masadak to dafak.
    The sun rises in the east in the morning.
    Category:Amis terms with usage examples#WALI

Derived terms

References

  • “256266”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎ (in Mandarin), Taipei: 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會 [Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation], 2014–2026
Category:ami:Compass points#WALI

Balinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old JavaneseCategory:Balinese terms borrowed from Old Javanese#WALICategory:Balinese terms derived from Old Javanese#WALI wali (“again; once more”), from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Balinese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#WALI *bali (“reverse, turn around”), from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Balinese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#WALI *baliw (“return”).

Verb

wali (Balinese script ᬯᬮᬶ)Category:Balinese lemmas#WALICategory:Balinese verbs#WALICategory:Balinese entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. (alus mider) to return

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old JavaneseCategory:Balinese terms borrowed from Old Javanese#WALICategory:Balinese terms derived from Old Javanese#WALI wali, bali, from SanskritCategory:Balinese terms derived from Sanskrit#WALI बलि (bali). Doublet of baliCategory:Balinese doublets#WALI.

Noun

wali (Balinese script ᬯᬮᬶ)Category:Balinese lemmas#WALICategory:Balinese nouns#WALICategory:Balinese entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. ceremony
  2. sacred dance

Further reading

  • “bali”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Noun

wali (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎᜒ)Category:Cebuano lemmas#WALICategory:Cebuano nouns#WALICategory:Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries#WALICategory:Cebuano terms with Badlit script#WALICategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. sermon
    Synonym: sangyaw

Hausa

Etymology 1

From ArabicCategory:Hausa terms borrowed from Arabic#WALICategory:Hausa terms derived from Arabic#WALI وَالِي (wālī).

Pronunciation

Noun

wālī m (possessed form wālin)Category:Hausa lemmas#WALICategory:Hausa nouns#WALICategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Hausa masculine nouns#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. vizier (a traditional title)

Etymology 2

See wàliyyī̀.

Pronunciation

Noun

wàlî m (possessed form wàlîn)Category:Hausa lemmas#WALICategory:Hausa nouns#WALICategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Hausa masculine nouns#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. alternative form of wàliyyī̀
Descendants

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Category:Indonesian terms derived from Arabic#WALICategory:Indonesian terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي#WALI

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#WALICategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#WALI wali, from ArabicCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Arabic#WALI وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Noun

wali (plural wali-wali or para wali)Category:Indonesian lemmas#WALICategory:Indonesian nouns#WALICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. custodian
  2. (lawCategory:id:Law#WALI, IndonesiaCategory:Indonesian Indonesian#WALI) guardian (a person or institution legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
  3. (IslamCategory:id:Islam#WALI) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Indonesian entries#WALI
  4. (IslamCategory:id:Islam#WALI) saint
    Synonym: orang suci
  5. plenipotentiary
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From ArabicCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Arabic#WALICategory:Indonesian terms derived from Arabic#WALI وَالِي (wālī), of وَالٍ (wālin).

Noun

wali (plural wali-wali or para wali)Category:Indonesian lemmas#WALICategory:Indonesian nouns#WALICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. chief (of a territory)
    1. wali (a provincial governor in certain Islamic countries)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old JavaneseCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese#WALI wali (“ritual requisites; ceremonial clothes”), bali (“tribute, offering”), from SanskritCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit#WALI बलि (bali).

Noun

wali (plural wali-wali)Category:Indonesian lemmas#WALICategory:Indonesian nouns#WALICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Indonesian terms with obsolete senses#WALI) yellow drapery, for ceremonial use
  2. small, sharp carving knife

Etymology 4

Noun

wali (plural wali-wali or para wali)Category:Indonesian lemmas#WALICategory:Indonesian nouns#WALICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. clipping of rajawali (“peregrine falcon”)Category:Indonesian clippings#WALI

Further reading

Category:Indonesian heteronyms#WALI

Javanese

Romanization

waliCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#WALICategory:Javanese romanizations#WALICategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#WALICategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. romanization of ꦮꦭꦶ

Kabyle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Kabyle terms inherited from Proto-Berber#WALICategory:Kabyle terms derived from Proto-Berber#WALI.

Pronunciation

Verb

wali (verbal noun awali or tuwalin)Category:Kabyle lemmas#WALICategory:Kabyle verbs#WALICategory:Kabyle entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. to see; to watch
    Synonym: ẓer
    Ur walaɣ tigert. ― I can't see anything.Category:Kabyle terms with usage examples#WALI
  2. to think; to consider; to estimate

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎, retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Kapampangan

Noun

wáliCategory:Kapampangan lemmas#WALICategory:Kapampangan nouns#WALICategory:Kapampangan terms without pronunciation template#WALICategory:Kapampangan entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. Súlat WáwâCategory:Guagua Kapampangan forms#WALI spelling of uali

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Old Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#WALICategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#WALI *bali (“reverse, turn around”), from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Old Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#WALICategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#WALI *baliw (“return”).

Alternative forms

Adverb

waliCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WALICategory:Old Javanese adverbs#WALICategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. again
  2. once more

Verb

waliCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WALICategory:Old Javanese verbs#WALICategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. to repeat

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Old Javanese terms borrowed from Sanskrit#WALICategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit#WALI बलि (bali). Doublet of bali (“tribute, offering”)Category:Old Javanese doublets#WALI.

Noun

waliCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WALICategory:Old Javanese nouns#WALICategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. ritual requisites
  2. ceremonial clothes
  3. person in-charge of ritual or ceremony
Derived terms
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦮꦭꦶ (wali, “ceremonial yellow drapery; small knife”) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬮᬶ (wali)
  • >? Balinese: ᬩᭂᬮᬶ (beli)

Etymology 3

Noun

waliCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WALICategory:Old Javanese nouns#WALICategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. 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 animalCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#WALICategory:Polish noun forms#WALICategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. genitive plural of wal
    Synonym: walów

Verb

waliCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#WALICategory:Polish verb forms#WALICategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. third-person singular present of walić

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

Noun

waliCategory:Sakizaya lemmas#WALICategory:Sakizaya nouns#WALICategory:Sakizaya entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. east

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

From MalagasyCategory:Swahili terms derived from Malagasy#WALI vary (“uncooked rice”).

Noun

wali class XI (no plural)Category:Swahili lemmas#WALICategory:Swahili nouns#WALICategory:Swahili uncountable nouns#WALICategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Swahili class XI nouns#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. cooked rice
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

waliCategory:Swahili non-lemma forms#WALICategory:Swahili noun forms#WALICategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. plural of mwali
Category:sw:Foods#WALI

Weri

Pronunciation

Adjective

waliCategory:Weri lemmas#WALICategory:Weri adjectives#WALICategory:Weri entries with incorrect language header#WALICategory:Pages with entries#WALICategory:Pages with 14 entries#WALI

  1. long

References

Category:Amis lemmas Category:Amis nouns Category:Amis terms derived from Proto-Austronesian Category:Amis terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian Category:Amis terms with usage examples Category:Balinese doublets Category:Balinese lemmas Category:Balinese nouns Category:Balinese terms borrowed from Old Javanese Category:Balinese terms derived from Old Javanese Category:Balinese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian Category:Balinese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Category:Balinese terms derived from Sanskrit Category:Balinese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Balinese verbs Category:Cebuano lemmas Category:Cebuano nouns Category:Cebuano terms with Badlit script Category:Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries Category:English 2-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms borrowed from Arabic Category:English terms derived from Arabic Category:English terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with quotations Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Guagua Kapampangan forms Category:Hausa lemmas Category:Hausa masculine nouns Category:Hausa nouns Category:Hausa terms borrowed from Arabic Category:Hausa terms derived from Arabic Category:Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words Category:Indonesian Indonesian Category:Indonesian clippings Category:Indonesian heteronyms Category:Indonesian lemmas Category:Indonesian nouns Category:Indonesian terms borrowed from Arabic Category:Indonesian terms derived from Arabic Category:Indonesian terms derived from Malay Category:Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese Category:Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit Category:Indonesian terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي Category:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Indonesian terms with obsolete senses Category:Javanese non-lemma forms Category:Javanese romanizations Category:Javanese terms with redundant script codes Category:Kabyle lemmas Category:Kabyle terms belonging to the root w-l (sight) Category:Kabyle terms derived from Proto-Berber Category:Kabyle terms inherited from Proto-Berber Category:Kabyle terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Kabyle terms with usage examples Category:Kabyle verbs Category:Kapampangan lemmas Category:Kapampangan nouns Category:Kapampangan terms without pronunciation template Category:Old Javanese adverbs Category:Old Javanese doublets Category:Old Javanese lemmas Category:Old Javanese nouns Category:Old Javanese terms borrowed from Sanskrit Category:Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian Category:Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Category:Old Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit Category:Old Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian Category:Old Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Category:Old Javanese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Old Javanese verbs Category:Pages with 14 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Polish 2-syllable words Category:Polish non-lemma forms Category:Polish noun forms Category:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Polish verb forms Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned Category:Requests for definitions in Indonesian entries Category:Rhymes:Balinese/ali Category:Rhymes:Balinese/ali/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/ali Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/ali/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Old Javanese/li Category:Rhymes:Old Javanese/li/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Polish/ali Category:Rhymes:Polish/ali/2 syllables Category:Sakizaya 2-syllable words Category:Sakizaya lemmas Category:Sakizaya nouns Category:Sakizaya terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Swahili class XI nouns Category:Swahili lemmas Category:Swahili non-lemma forms Category:Swahili noun forms Category:Swahili nouns Category:Swahili terms derived from Malagasy Category:Swahili terms with audio pronunciation Category:Swahili uncountable nouns Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with Hindi translations Category:Terms with Indonesian translations Category:Terms with Italian translations Category:Terms with Kazakh translations Category:Terms with Malay translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Turkish translations Category:Weri adjectives Category:Weri lemmas Category:Weri terms with IPA pronunciation Category:ami:Compass points Category:en:Islam Category:en:Leaders Category:en:People Category:id:Islam Category:id:Law Category:sw:Foods Category:sw:Grains