والا

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic وَإِلَّا (wa-ʾillā). By surface analysis, (va) +‎ (ellâ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ʔil.ˈlɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.ʔɪl.lɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.ʔɪl.lɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.ʔil.lɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [we.ʔel.lɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.ʔil.lɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wa-illā
Dari reading^?	wa-illā
Iranian reading^?	ve-ellâ
Tajik reading^?	va-illo

Adverb


Iranian Persian	والا
Dari	والا
Tajik	ваилло

والا • (vâ-ellâ)

otherwise, or else
Synonyms: در غیر این صورت (dar ğeyr-e in surat), وگرنه (vagarna)

Etymology 2

Derived from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾl-ytn' /⁠wāl-īdan⁠/, “to grow, to prosper”), whence modern (bâlidan, “to grow, to brag”). Doublet of (bâlâ), derived with the same suffix from a different form of the same verb.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.lɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.lɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.lɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wālā
Dari reading^?	wālā
Iranian reading^?	vâlâ
Tajik reading^?	volo

Adjective


Iranian Persian	والا
Dari	والا
Tajik	воло

والا • (vâlâ)

high, exalted, great, eminent
- 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 70:
  بنگر بچرخ و کوکبه لشکر نجوم
  کانها فروغ گوهر والای مسطفا
  bingar ba-čarx u kawkaba-yi laškar-i nujūm
  k-ānhā furūğ-i gawhar-i wālā-yi mustafā
  Look at the firmament and the pomp of the astral host,
  For they are a light from Muhammad's lofty essence.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Persian

Etymology 1

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Adverb

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

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