wîlayet

Northern Kurdish

noun

Definitions

province

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish vilayet derived from Arabic وِلَايَة (province).

Origin

Arabic

وِلَايَة

Gloss

province

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

wilayah English
وِلَايَة Arabic
ولایت Persian
وِلَایَت Persian
vilayet Turkish
wilayah Malay
vilayət Azerbaijani
ولایت Ottoman Turkish
Ulaya Swahili
wilaya Swahili
viloyat Uzbek