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وال

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Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of وَلِيَ (waliya, to administer, to govern).

Pronunciation

Noun

وَالٍ (wālin) m (construct state وَالِي (wālī), plural وُلَاة (wulāh))

  1. wali, regent, governor, prefect of a province (وِلَايَة (wilāya))
Declension
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Descendants
  • English: wali
  • Persian: والی (vâli)
  • Hausa: wali
  • Indonesian: wali
  • Kurdish: walî
  • Ottoman Turkish: والی (vali)
  • Tatar: вали (wali)
  • Uyghur: ۋالى (wali)
  • Uzbek: voli

Etymology 2

Verb

وَالِ (wāli) (form III) /waː.li/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَالَى (wālā)
References
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Persian

Alternative forms

  • اوال (avâl), افال (afâl) (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos. Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, kind of fish). Distant cognate with English whale.

Noun

وال (vâl) (plural وال‌ها (vâl-hâ))

  1. whale
  2. sperm whale

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: وال (val)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vā́la). Cognate with Gujarati વાળ (vāḷ).

Pronunciation

Noun

واࣇ (vāḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਲ਼ or ਵਾਲ)

  1. hair

Declension

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Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “وال”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • وال”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vā́la”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674
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Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वाल (vāla)

Pronunciation

Noun

وال (vāl) m

  1. hair

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