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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian وِلَایَت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Hindi विलायत (vilāyat).
Pronunciation
Noun
ਵਲਾਇਤ • (valāita) f (Shahmukhi spelling ولایت)
- a foreign country (particularly Great Britain or somewhere else in the West)
- Synonyms: ਬਦੇਸ (bades), ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ (videś), ਦਸੌਰ (dasaur), ਕੁਦੇਸ (kudes)
- Antonym: ਵਤਨ (vatan)
- ਵਲਾਇਤੀ (valāitī, “foreign, Western”, adjective)
Further reading
- “ਵਲਾਇਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024