لوا

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Arabic

Verb

لُوا • (lū) (form I) /luː/

  1. second-person masculine plural imperative of وَلِيَ (waliya)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِوَاء (liwāʔ, “flag, banner, standard”).

Noun

لوا • (liva) (plural الویه (elviya))

  1. flag, banner, standard, ensign
    Synonyms: بیراق (bayrak), رایت (rayet), سنجاق (sancak), علم (ʿalem)
  2. sanjak, the second level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire
    Synonym: سنجاق (sancak)
  3. (military) brigade, a military unit composed of several regiments

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: liva

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