See ولی on Wiktionary
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},
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},
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},
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"plural"
]
},
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"one who displays a lot of religious virtues, and therefore is thought to have reached a supreme religious degree and/or God's love, and is recognized as holy; saint, wali."
],
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"(religion, Islam) one who displays a lot of religious virtues, and therefore is thought to have reached a supreme religious degree and/or God's love, and is recognized as holy; saint, wali."
],
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"word": "ارن"
},
{
"word": "اولیا"
},
{
"word": "ار"
}
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"word": "ایل"
},
{
"word": "یاد"
}
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],
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[
"relative",
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]
]
},
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"glosses": [
"friend"
],
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[
"friend",
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]
],
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{
"word": "دوست"
},
{
"word": "یار"
},
{
"word": "ایل"
},
{
"word": "اوكور"
}
]
}
],
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"ولی",
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],
[
"وَلٰكِن",
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],
[
"ولكن",
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],
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},
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},
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"1": "trk-oat",
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}
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"glosses": [
"but, however"
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[
"but",
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"however",
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{
"word": "اما"
}
]
}
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"1": "",
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"args": {
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"romanization"
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},
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"close friend; trusted companion"
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"guardian (person with quasi-parental authority)"
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[
"guardian",
"guardian"
]
]
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"glosses": [
"saint"
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[
"saint",
"saint"
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]
}
],
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}
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{
"lang": "Gurani",
"lang_code": "hac",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
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"word": "وەلێ"
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"word": "vəli"
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"borrowed"
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"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "sdh",
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"borrowed"
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},
{
"lang": "Turkmen",
"lang_code": "tk",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "weli"
}
],
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[
"ولیکن",
"fa-cls#Persian"
],
[
"وَلٰكِن",
"ولكن#Arabic"
],
[
"و",
"و#Persian"
],
[
"لیکن",
"لیکن#Persian"
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[
"لٰكِن",
"لكن#Arabic"
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "لٰكِن"
},
"expansion": "Arabic لٰكِن (lākin)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ar",
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},
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],
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"romanization"
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},
{
"form": "vali",
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"romanization"
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}
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"tr": "walē /vali"
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],
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"but"
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]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈwa.leː/",
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"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[wá.leː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[wá.leː]",
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"Dari",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[wá.leː]",
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"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[wá.leː]",
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},
{
"ipa": "[vǽ.liː]",
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"Iran",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[vá.le]",
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"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aleː"
}
],
"word": "ولی"
}
{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "walī-yi faqīh / vali-ye faġih",
"word": "ولی فقیه"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"وَلِيّ",
"ولي#Arabic"
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[
"و ل ي",
"Appendix:Arabic roots/و ل ي"
]
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"1": "و ل ي",
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"expansion": "و ل ي (w l y)",
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],
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"form": "walī",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "vali",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "اولیاء",
"roman": "awliyā' / owliyâ'",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "валӣ",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"Tajik"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"cls": "وَلِی",
"pl": "اولیاء",
"pltr": "awliyā' /owliyâ'"
},
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"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"guardian, parent"
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"id": "en-ولی-fa-noun-7kQ5~jIz",
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[
"guardian",
"guardian"
],
[
"parent",
"parent"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"master, lord"
],
"id": "en-ولی-fa-noun-oY8IK~Re",
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Sufism",
"orig": "fa:Sufism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "0 19 7 67 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 13 13 62 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
41,
47
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
67,
73
]
],
"english": "Whoever wishes to sit with God,\nlet him sit in the presence of the saints.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2163:",
"roman": "har ki xwāhad hamnišīnī-yi xudā\ntā nišīnad dar huzūr-i awliyā'",
"text": "هر که خواهد همنشینی خدا\nتا نشیند در حضور اولیاء",
"translation": "Whoever wishes to sit with God,\nlet him sit in the presence of the saints.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"saint"
],
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[
"saint",
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]
],
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"(Sufism) saint"
],
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"religion",
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"governor"
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[
"governor",
"governor"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) governor"
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wa.ˈliː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[wä.líː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[wä.líː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[wä.líː]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[wä.lí]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[væ.líː]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[vä.lí]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
}
],
"word": "ولی"
}
{
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[
"ولی",
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],
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"وَلِيّ",
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]
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"1": "ur",
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},
{
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"1": "ur",
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],
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"form": "valī",
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},
{
"form": "اولیا",
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"form": "वली",
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}
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"args": {
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"pl": "اولیا",
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"name": "ur-noun"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
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},
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"_dis": "96 2 2",
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},
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"_dis": "96 3 1",
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"_dis": "95 4 1",
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],
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"favorite with God"
],
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[
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],
[
"God",
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],
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"(Islam) favorite with God"
],
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"masculine"
],
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian ولی (walī), from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "valī",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "اولیا",
"roman": "olyā",
"tags": [
"formal",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "वली",
"tags": [
"Hindi"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"hi": "वली",
"pl": "اولیا",
"tr": "valī"
},
"expansion": "ولی • (valī) m (formal plural اولیا (olyā), Hindi spelling वली)",
"name": "ur-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ur:Islam"
],
"glosses": [
"favorite with God"
],
"links": [
[
"favorite",
"favorite"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Islam) favorite with God"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ur:Islam"
],
"glosses": [
"prophet, saint"
],
"links": [
[
"prophet",
"prophet"
],
[
"saint",
"saint"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Islam) prophet, saint"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"master, lord, defender, guardian, friend"
],
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
],
[
"defender",
"defender"
],
[
"guardian",
"guardian"
],
[
"friend",
"friend"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʋə.liː/",
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Urdu"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
}
],
"word": "ولی"
}
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