See ولی on Wiktionary
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"Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
"Urdu terms derived from Arabic",
"Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian",
"Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي",
"Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Urdu terms with redundant head parameter",
"Urdu undefined derivations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "fa-cls",
"3": "ولی",
"tr": "walī"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian ولی (walī)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "ar",
"3": "وَلِيّ"
},
"expansion": "Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "ar",
"3": "و ل ي"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"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": {
"g": "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"
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ur:Islam"
],
"glosses": [
"prophet, saint"
],
"links": [
[
"prophet",
"prophet"
],
[
"saint",
"saint"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Islam) prophet, saint"
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"master, lord, defender, guardian, friend"
],
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
],
[
"defender",
"defender"
],
[
"guardian",
"guardian"
],
[
"friend",
"friend"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʋə.liː/",
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Urdu"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
}
],
"word": "ولی"
}
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