ਵਲਾਇਤ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وِلَایَت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Compare Hindi विलायत (vilāyat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋə.læːt̪ə̆/

Noun

ਵਲਾਇਤ • (valāita) f (Shahmukhi spelling ولایت)

1. a foreign country (particularly Great Britain or somewhere else in the West)

   Synonyms: ਬਦੇਸ (bades), ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ (videś), ਦਸੌਰ (dasaur), ਕੁਦੇਸ (kudes)

   Antonym: ਵਤਨ (vatan)

Related terms

• ਵਲਾਇਤੀ (valāitī, “foreign, Western”, adjective)

Further reading

• “ਵਲਾਇਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025