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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat), Marathi विलायत (vilāyat), Punjabi ਵਲਾਇਤ (valāita).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.jət̪/,
Noun
विलायत • (vilāyat) m (Urdu spelling وِلَایَت)
- a foreign country, especially one in the West (Europe and North America)
- (obsolete) England, United Kingdom, Great Britain
- (historical) Persia
Declension
Declension of विलायत (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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विलायत
vilāyat
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विलायत
vilāyat
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विलायत
vilāyat
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विलायतों
vilāyatõ
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विलायत
vilāyat
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विलायतो
vilāyato
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Synonyms
- (foreign country): विदेश (videś)
- (England, UK, GB):
Derived terms
Further reading
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat).
Pronunciation
Noun
विलायत • (vilāyat) f
- a foreign country (especially England or another European country)
Synonyms
- (foreign country): परदेश (pardeś)
- (England): इंगलंड (iṅglaṇḍa)
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विलायत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विलायत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “विलायत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).