"vilayet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vilayets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”). Doublet of wilayah. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ota|ولایت||province|tr=vilayet}} Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), {{der|en|ar|وِلَايَة||province, administration}} Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”), {{doublet|en|wilayah}} Doublet of wilayah, {{root|en|ar|و ل ي}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} vilayet (plural vilayets)
  1. (politics) A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia link: vilayet Categories (topical): Administrative divisions, Politics Categories (place): Political subdivisions Synonyms: vilayat, velayat Hypernyms: province Coordinate_terms: sanjak, kaza, nahiyah Translations (one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire): vilajet [masculine] (Albanian), وِلَايَة (wilāya) [feminine] (Arabic), إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla) [feminine] (Arabic), vilayət (Azerbaijani), vilajet [masculine] (Dutch), vilayet [masculine] (French), Wilajet [neuter] (German), विलायत (vilāyat) [feminine] (Hindi), vilajet (Hungarian), уәлаят (uälaät) (Kazakh), ылаят (ılayat) (Kyrgyz), vilayet (Malay), विलायत (vilāyat) [feminine] (Marathi), ولايت (welāyát) [masculine] (Pashto), ولایت (velâyat) (Persian), ایالت (eyâlat) (Persian), вилайе́т (vilajét) [masculine] (Russian), велая́т (velaját) [masculine] (Russian), вилоя́т (viloját) [masculine] (Russian), вила́йа (vilája) [feminine] (Russian), valiato [masculine] (Spanish), вилоят (viloyat) (Tajik), иёлат (iyolat) (Tajik), vilayet (Turkish), eyalet (Turkish), welaýat (Turkmen), ولایت (vilāyat) [feminine] (Urdu), ۋىلايەت (wilayet) (Uyghur), viloyat (Uzbek)

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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ılayat",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "ылаят"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "vilayet"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vilāyat",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "विलायत"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "welāyát",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ولايت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "velâyat",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "ولایت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eyâlat",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "ایالت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vilajét",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вилайе́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "velaját",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "велая́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "viloját",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вилоя́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vilája",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вила́йа"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valiato"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "viloyat",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "вилоят"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "iyolat",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "иёлат"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "vilayet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "eyalet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "welaýat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vilāyat",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ولایت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "wilayet",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "ۋىلايەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire",
      "word": "viloyat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilayet"
}

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