وال

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Arabic

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of وَلِيَ (waliya, “to administer, to govern”).

Pronunciation

Noun

وَالٍ • (wālin) m (construct state وَالِي (wālī), plural وُلَاة (wulāh))

  1. wali, regent, governor, prefect of a province (وِلَايَة (wilāya))
Declension
Declension of noun وَالٍ (wālin)
Singular singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَالِي
wālī 		الْوَالِي
al-wālī 		وَالِي
wālī
Nominative وَالٍ
wālin 		الْوَالِي
al-wālī 		وَالِي
wālī
Accusative وَالِيًا
wāliyan 		الْوَالِيَ
al-wāliya 		وَالِيَ
wāliya
Genitive وَالٍ
wālin 		الْوَالِي
al-wālī 		وَالِي
wālī
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَالِيَيْن
wāliyayn 		الْوَالِيَيْن
al-wāliyayn 		وَالِيَيْ
wāliyay
Nominative وَالِيَانِ
wāliyāni 		الْوَالِيَانِ
al-wāliyāni 		وَالِيَا
wāliyā
Accusative وَالِيَيْنِ
wāliyayni 		الْوَالِيَيْنِ
al-wāliyayni 		وَالِيَيْ
wāliyay
Genitive وَالِيَيْنِ
wāliyayni 		الْوَالِيَيْنِ
al-wāliyayni 		وَالِيَيْ
wāliyay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وُلَاة
wulāt 		الْوُلَاة
al-wulāt 		وُلَاة
wulāt
Nominative وُلَاةٌ
wulātun 		الْوُلَاةُ
al-wulātu 		وُلَاةُ
wulātu
Accusative وُلَاةً
wulātan 		الْوُلَاةَ
al-wulāta 		وُلَاةَ
wulāta
Genitive وُلَاةٍ
wulātin 		الْوُلَاةِ
al-wulāti 		وُلَاةِ
wulāti
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

وَالِ • (wāli) (form III) /waː.li/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَالَى (wālā)
References

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos. Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”).

Noun

وال • (vâl) (plural وال‌ها (vâl-hâ))

  1. whale
  2. sperm whale

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: وال (val)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vā́la). Cognate with Gujarati વાળ (vāḷ).

Pronunciation

Noun

واࣇ • (vāḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਲ਼ or ਵਾਲ)

  1. hair

Declension

Declension of وال
dir. sg. واࣇ (vāḷ)
dir. pl. واࣇ (vāḷ)
singular plural
direct واࣇ (vāḷ) واࣇ (vāḷ)
oblique واࣇ (vāḷ) واࣇاں (vāḷāṉ)
vocative واࣇا (vāḷā) واࣇو (vāḷo)
ablative واࣇوں (vāḷoṉ) واࣇاں (vāḷāṉ)
locative واࣇے (vāḷe) واࣇِیں (vāḷīṉ)
instrumental واࣇوں (vāḷoṉ) –

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وال”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “وال”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vā́la”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वाल (vāla)

Pronunciation

Noun

وال (vāl) m

  1. hair
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