"ولی" meaning in Persian

See ولی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: [ˈwa.leː] [Classical-Persian], [wǽ.leː] [Dari, formal], [wǽ.leː] [Dari, formal], [wǽ.leː] [Kabuli], [wǽ.leː] (note: Hazaragi), [vǽ.liː] [Iran, formal], [vǽ.le] [Tajik, formal] Forms: vali [romanization]
Etymology: From earlier ولیکن (walēkin), from Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin) or a conjugation of و (wa) and لیکن (lēkin) from Arabic لٰكِن (lākin). Etymology templates: {{m|fa|fa-cls|ولیکن|tr=walēkin}} ولیکن (walēkin), {{der|fa|ar|وَلٰكِن}} Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin), {{m|fa-cls|و|tr=wa}} و (wa), {{m|fa-cls|لیکن|tr=lēkin}} لیکن (lēkin), {{m+|ar|لٰكِن}} Arabic لٰكِن (lākin) Head templates: {{head|fa|conjunction|tr=vali}} ولی • (vali)
  1. but Related terms: لیکن (lēkin) [Classical, Dari], اما (ammâ)
    Sense id: en-ولی-fa-conj-zcKZN4hx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [wa.ˈliː] [Classical-Persian], [wä.líː] [Dari, formal], [wä.líː] [Dari, formal], [wä.líː] [Kabuli], [wä.lí] (note: Hazaragi), [væ.líː] [Iran, formal], [vä.lí] [Tajik, formal] Forms: vali [romanization], اولیاء [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy), from the root و ل ي (w-l-y). Etymology templates: {{bor|fa|ar|وَلِيّ}} Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy), {{ar-root|و ل ي|nocat=1}} و ل ي (w-l-y) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|اولیاء|||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=vali|tr2=|tr3=}} ولی • (vali) (plural اولیاء), {{fa-noun|pl=اولیاء|tr=vali}} ولی • (vali) (plural اولیاء)
  1. guardian
    Sense id: en-ولی-fa-noun-3ebol0tG Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 0 91 9 Disambiguation of Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 97 3
  2. parent
    Sense id: en-ولی-fa-noun-5HEllos7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ولی فقیه (vali-ye faqih)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "ولیکن",
        "tr": "walēkin"
      },
      "expansion": "ولیکن (walēkin)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وَلٰكِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa-cls",
        "2": "و",
        "tr": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "و (wa)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa-cls",
        "2": "لیکن",
        "tr": "lēkin"
      },
      "expansion": "لیکن (lēkin)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لٰكِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لٰكِن (lākin)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier ولیکن (walēkin), from Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin) or a conjugation of و (wa) and لیکن (lēkin) from Arabic لٰكِن (lākin).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vali",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "tr": "vali"
      },
      "expansion": "ولی • (vali)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "but"
      ],
      "id": "en-ولی-fa-conj-zcKZN4hx",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "lēkin",
          "tags": [
            "Classical",
            "Dari"
          ],
          "word": "لیکن"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ammâ",
          "word": "اما"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwa.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vǽ.liː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vǽ.le]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ولی"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "vali-ye faqih",
      "word": "ولی فقیه"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وَلِيّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "و ل ي",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "و ل ي (w-l-y)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy), from the root و ل ي (w-l-y).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vali",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اولیاء",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "اولیاء",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "vali",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ولی • (vali) (plural اولیاء)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "اولیاء",
        "tr": "vali"
      },
      "expansion": "ولی • (vali) (plural اولیاء)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "guardian"
      ],
      "id": "en-ولی-fa-noun-3ebol0tG",
      "links": [
        [
          "guardian",
          "guardian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "parent"
      ],
      "id": "en-ولی-fa-noun-5HEllos7",
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ولی"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Persian conjunctions",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "ولیکن",
        "tr": "walēkin"
      },
      "expansion": "ولیکن (walēkin)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وَلٰكِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa-cls",
        "2": "و",
        "tr": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "و (wa)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa-cls",
        "2": "لیکن",
        "tr": "lēkin"
      },
      "expansion": "لیکن (lēkin)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لٰكِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لٰكِن (lākin)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier ولیکن (walēkin), from Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin) or a conjugation of و (wa) and لیکن (lēkin) from Arabic لٰكِن (lākin).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vali",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "tr": "vali"
      },
      "expansion": "ولی • (vali)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "lēkin",
      "tags": [
        "Classical",
        "Dari"
      ],
      "word": "لیکن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ammâ",
      "word": "اما"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwa.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vǽ.liː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vǽ.le]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ولی"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "vali-ye faqih",
      "word": "ولی فقیه"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وَلِيّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "و ل ي",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "و ل ي (w-l-y)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy), from the root و ل ي (w-l-y).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vali",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اولیاء",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "اولیاء",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "vali",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ولی • (vali) (plural اولیاء)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "اولیاء",
        "tr": "vali"
      },
      "expansion": "ولی • (vali) (plural اولیاء)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "guardian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guardian",
          "guardian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "parent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ولی"
}

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