اولیاء

See also: أولياء

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaw.li.jɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɑːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɑːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔow.li.jɒːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	awliyā'
Dari reading?	awliyā'
Iranian reading?	owliyâ'
Tajik reading?	avliyoʾ

Noun

اولیاء • (awliyā' / owliyâ')

1. plural of ولی (walī / vali)

Descendants

• → Bengali: আউলিয়া (auliẏa)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: औलिया (auliyā)
  • Urdu: اَولِیَا (auliyā)
• → Kazakh: әулие (äulie)
• → Turkmen: öwlüýä
• → Uzbek: avliyo