wali

• wāli
• vali (via Turkish)

Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ‎ (wālin).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːliː/

wali (plural walis)

1. A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, page 130:

     You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.

   • 2007 November 2, Jane Perlez, “Militants Draw New Front Line Inside Pakistan”, in New York Times‎:

     For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali, bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented.

• wail, wila

From Arabic وَالِي‎ (wālī).

wali (plural wali-wali, first-person possessive waliku, second-person possessive walimu, third-person possessive walinya)

1. custodian
2. guardian
3. plenipotentiary
4. wali (provincial governor)

• wali kota

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.lʲi/

wali m anim

1. genitive plural of wal

   Synonym: walów

wali

1. third-person singular present of walić

From Malagasy vary (“uncooked rice”).

wali (u class, no plural)

1. cooked rice

• mchele (raw husked rice)
• mpunga (raw unhusked rice)

wali

1. plural of mwali

• IPA^(key): /wɑli/

wali

1. long

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2