wali
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
/ˈwɑːliː/
Definition of wali
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
“For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali, bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented.”
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noun
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A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
“For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali, bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented.”
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A saint or prophet.
“You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.”
name
- A surname from Arabic.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).
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