ولى

From the root و ل ي‎ (w-l-y).

• IPA^(key): /wal.laː/

وَلَّى • (wallā) II, non-past يُوَلِّي‎‎ (yuwallī)

1. (intransitive, transitive with direct object or عَنْ‎) to turn away (from)
   1. to turn tail, to flee
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:10:

        ‏وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّى مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ‎

        waʾalqi ʿaṣāka falammā raʾāhā tahtazzu kaʾannahā jānnun wallā mudbiran walam yuʿaqqib

        And [he was told]: “Throw down your staff.” But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.

   2. to shun
   3. to pass by, to glide away, to elapse
2. (ditransitive) to assign to, to appoint for, to commission with