विलायत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat), Marathi विलायत (vilāyat), Punjabi ਵਲਾਇਤ (valāita).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.lɑː.jət̪/, [ʋɪ.läː.jɐt̪]

Noun

विलायत • (vilāyat) m (Urdu spelling وِلَایَت)

1. a foreign country, especially one in the West (Europe and North America)
2. (obsolete) England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
3. (obsolete) Great Britain (a large island of the United Kingdom in Northern Europe)
4. (obsolete) United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)
5. (historical) Persia

Declension

Declension of विलायत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विलायत vilāyat	विलायत vilāyat
oblique	विलायत vilāyat	विलायतों vilāyatõ
vocative	विलायत vilāyat	विलायतो vilāyato

Synonyms

• (foreign country): विदेश (videś)
• (England, UK, GB):
  • (England): इंग्लैंड (iṅglaiṇḍ), इंगलिस्तान (iṅglistān)
  • (United Kingdom): यूनाइटेड किंगडम (yūnāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam), संयुक्त राजशाही (sanyukta rājaśāhī)
  • (Great Britain): ग्रेट ब्रिटेन (greṭ briṭen)

Derived terms

• विलायती (vilāytī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विलायत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Bengali বিলাত (bilat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋi.la.jət̪/

Noun

विलायत • (vilāyat) f

1. a foreign country (especially England or another European country)

Synonyms

• (foreign country): परदेश (pardeś)
• (England): इंगलंड (iṅglaṇḍa)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विलायत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विलायत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “विलायत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).