ولي

See also: ولی and ولى

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ل ي (w-l-y).

Verb

وَلِيَ (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎ (yalī)

  1. to be close to, stand immediately by, be neighboring, follow close upon (transitive)
  2. to confine with (transitive)
  3. to depend, appertain
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Verb

وَلِيَ (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎ (yalī)

  1. to be a friend, assistant, helper
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), ولي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

وَلِيَ (waliya) I, non-past يَلِي‎ (yalī)

  1. to administer, govern, be placed at the head of (transitive)
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Etymology 2

Noun

وَلْي (waly) m

  1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya, to be close to, be friends with, administer) (form I)
  2. nearness, proximity, contiguity
  3. friendship
  4. government of a province
  5. shower after shower
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Etymology 3

Adjective

وَلِيّ (waliyy) (feminine وَلِيَّة (waliyya), elative أَوْلَى (ʾawlā))

  1. near
  2. adjacent
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

وَلِيّ (waliyy) m (plural أَوْلِيَاء (ʾawliyāʾ))

  1. relative, neighbor, friend, beloved one
    وَلِيّ الْعَهْدwaliyy al-ʿahdheir apparent
  2. helper, protector, benefactor, patron, master
  3. administrator, bestower
  4. client, slave
  5. favorite
  6. (Islam) favorite with God
  7. (Islam) prophet, saint
Declension
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