wilayah

Alternative forms

• wilaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Doublet of vilayet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat)

1. A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.
   • 2016, Brian L. Steed, ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 146:

     Some of these wilayahs are more powerful and influential than others. Most, if not all, of the wilayahs act like terrorist groups or nonstate actors.

   • 2017, Patrick Crowley, Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism, 1988–2015, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:

     The wilayas [provincial governorates] of Illizi and Adrar in the Sahara have the highest number of cultural associations for their populations, according to the ministry's figures.

Further reading

• wilayah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Noun

wilayah

1. territory

Etymology

From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wilajah]

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• Hyphenation: wi‧la‧yah

Noun

wilayah (plural wilayah-wilayah)

1. territory, area or region

Further reading

• “wilayah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

From Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wilajah/ (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Noun

wilayah (Jawi spelling ولايه, plural wilayah-wilayah)

1. (politics) territory, area or region
2. (Kelantan, Pattani) changwat, a province of Thailand

Further reading

• “wilayah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.