مولایی

Persian

Etymology

From مولا (mowlâ) +‎ ـیی (-yi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maw.lɑː.ˈjiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɑː.jíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɑː.jíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɔː.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.lɒː.jíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.lɔ.jí]

Readings
Classical reading?	mawlāyī
Dari reading?	mawlāyī
Iranian reading?	mowlâyi
Tajik reading?	mavloyi

Noun

مولایی • (mowlâyi)

1. lordship

   Synonym: ربوبیت (robubiyyat)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 92:

     هر کرا حکم تو راند ز سراپرده حال
     نه ز تقوی بودش بهره نه از مولایی

     har ki-rā hukm-i tō rānd zi sarāparda-yi hāl
     na zi taqwā buwadaš bahra na az mawlāyī

     Whoever Your decree has driven away from the pavilion of mystical states
     Shall find no profit from piety nor from lordship.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)