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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From والی (vali) + ـلك (-lik), from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).
Noun
والیلك • (valilik)
- the office or duty of a governor general
- the territory ruled by a governor general
Descendants
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “والیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2124
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1217