See ولی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "وەلێ",
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"expansion": "→ Gurani: وەلێ (walē)",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Old Anatolian Turkish: ولی (velī)"
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"2": "vəli"
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"1": "fa",
"2": "ar",
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"but"
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"ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
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"Dari",
"formal"
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"ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
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"Dari",
"formal"
]
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"ipa": "[wǽ.leː]",
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"Iran",
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"Tajik",
"formal"
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"roman": "vali-ye faqih",
"word": "ولی فقیه"
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"name": "bor+"
},
{
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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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},
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"romanization"
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"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "awliyā' /owliyâ'",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
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"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "walī /vali",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
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}
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],
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"parent"
]
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"master, lord"
],
"id": "en-ولی-fa-noun-oY8IK~Re",
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"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
]
]
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"name": "Sufism",
"orig": "fa:Sufism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"_dis": "0 18 15 54 13",
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"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 23 10 46 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
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67,
73
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],
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41,
46
]
],
"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-i xudā\ntā nišinad dar hozūr-i awliyā",
"text": "هر که خواهد همنشینی خدا\nتا نشیند در حضور اولیا",
"type": "quote"
}
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"saint"
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"saint"
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"(Sufism) saint"
],
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"Islam",
"Sufism",
"human-sciences",
"lifestyle",
"mysticism",
"philosophy",
"religion",
"sciences"
]
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"governor"
],
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"governor",
"governor"
]
],
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"(historical) governor"
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
}
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"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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"Pages with entries",
"Persian conjunctions",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
"Persian terms derived from Arabic",
"Persian terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "hac",
"2": "وەلێ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "walē"
},
"expansion": "→ Gurani: وەلێ (walē)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gurani: وەلێ (walē)"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "trk-oat",
"2": "ولی",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "velī"
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"expansion": "→ Old Anatolian Turkish: ولی (velī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Anatolian Turkish: ولی (velī)"
},
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "vəli"
},
"expansion": "Azerbaijani: vəli",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Azerbaijani: vəli"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sdh",
"2": "وەلێ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Southern Kurdish: وەلێ (welê)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Southern Kurdish: وەلێ (welê)"
}
],
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"1": "fa",
"2": "ar",
"3": "وَلٰكِن"
},
"expansion": "Arabic وَلٰكِن (walākin)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "لٰكِن"
},
"expansion": "Arabic لٰكِن (lākin)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ar",
"3": "و ل ي"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"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": "walē",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "vali",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
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"2": "conjunction",
"tr": "walē /vali"
},
"expansion": "ولی • (walē /vali)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "conj",
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"glosses": [
"but"
],
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[
"but",
"but"
]
]
}
],
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"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"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"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": [
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"roman": "vali-ye faqih",
"word": "ولی فقیه"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"1": "fa",
"2": "ar",
"3": "وَلِيّ"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "و ل ي",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "و ل ي (w l y)",
"name": "ar-root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy), from the root و ل ي (w l y).",
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
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"plural"
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}
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"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
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"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "awliyā' /owliyâ'",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "walī /vali",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "ولی • (walī /vali) (plural اولیاء (awliyā' /owliyâ'))",
"name": "head"
},
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"pltr": "awliyā' /owliyâ'",
"tr": "walī /vali"
},
"expansion": "ولی • (walī /vali) (plural اولیاء (awliyā' /owliyâ'))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"guardian, parent"
],
"links": [
[
"guardian",
"guardian"
],
[
"parent",
"parent"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"master, lord"
],
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
]
]
},
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"categories": [
"Persian terms with quotations",
"fa:Sufism"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
67,
73
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
41,
46
]
],
"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-i xudā\ntā nišinad dar hozūr-i awliyā",
"text": "هر که خواهد همنشینی خدا\nتا نشیند در حضور اولیا",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"saint"
],
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[
"saint",
"saint"
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],
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"(Sufism) saint"
],
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"Islam",
"Sufism",
"human-sciences",
"lifestyle",
"mysticism",
"philosophy",
"religion",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"governor"
],
"links": [
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"governor",
"governor"
]
],
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"(historical) governor"
],
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"historical"
]
}
],
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"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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