متولی

See also: متولي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَلٍّ (mutawallin).

Adjective

متولی • (mütevellî)

1. who turns his back
2. who turns back
3. who undertakes to manage property
4. who takes a person as a friend
5. who is or becomes a governor

Noun

متولی • (mütevellî)

1. an administrator; especially, a trustee of a waqf or mortmain property

Descendants

• Turkish: mütevelli

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “متولی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1737

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَلٍّ (mutawallin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ta.wal.liː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wäl.liː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wäl.liː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wäl.liː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.wäl.li]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.væl.liː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.väl.li]

Readings
Classical reading?	mutawallī
Dari reading?	mutawallī
Iranian reading?	motavalli
Tajik reading?	mutavalli

Noun

Dari	متولی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мутаваллӣ

متولی • (motavalli)

1. superintendent

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “متولی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “متولی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَلٍّ (mutawallin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.t̪ə.ʋəl.liː/

Noun

متولی • (mutavallī) m (Hindi spelling मुतवल्ली)

1. superintendent or treasurer (of a mosque, etc.); administrator, procurator, or trustee (of a religious or charitable foundation)
2. a prefect, a governor

Further reading

• “متولی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “متولی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.