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wali

wali

See also: wāli

English

Alternative forms

Noun

wali (plural walis)

  1. A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, page 130:
      You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.
    • 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.

Translations


Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic وَالِي (wālī).

Noun

wali

  1. guardian
  2. wali (provincial governor)

Derived terms


Swahili

Noun

wali (u class, no plural)

  1. cooked rice

See also

Noun

wali

  1. plural of mwali