# wali
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɑːliː/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).

#### Noun

wali (plural walis)
* A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
** 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.

##### Alternative forms

* wāli; vali (Turkish contexts)

##### Coordinate terms

* sanjakbey, mutasarrif, kaymakam, mudir

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

#### Noun

wali (plural walis)
* (Islam) A saint or prophet.
** 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 130:You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.

### Anagrams

* wail, wila

## Balinese
### Romanization

wali
* Romanization of ᬯᬮᬶ

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwali/ [ˈwa.l̪ɪ]
* Hyphenation: wa‧li

### Noun

wali (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎᜒ)
* sermon
    Synonym: sangyaw

## Hausa
### Etymology 1

From Arabic وَالِي (wālī).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wáː.líː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [wáː.líː]

#### Noun

wālī m (possessed form wālin)
* vizier (a traditional title)

### Etymology 2

See wàliyyī̀.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wà.lîː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [wə̀.lîː]

#### Noun

wàlî m (possessed form wàlîn)
* Alternative form of wàliyyī̀

##### Descendants

* → Yoruba: wòlíì

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wali/
* Hyphenation: wa‧li

### Etymology 1

From Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

#### Noun

wali (plural wali-wali)
* custodian
* guardian
** (law, Indonesia) A person or institution legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
** (Islam) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
* (Islam) A saint.
    Synonym: orang suci
* plenipotentiary(Can we verify this sense?)

##### Derived terms

* kewalian
* memperwalikan
* mewalikan
* perwalian
* wali Allah
* wali hakim
* wali kelas
* wali murid
* wali rumah
* wali sanga

### Etymology 2

From Arabic وَالِي (wālī), of وَالٍ (wālin).

#### Noun

wali (plural wali-wali)
* A chief (of a territory)
** A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries; wali.

##### Derived terms

* wali kota
* wali nagari
* wali negara
* wali negeri

### Etymology 3

From Old Javanese wali (“ritual requisites; ceremonial clothes”), bali (“tribute, offering”), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

#### Noun

wali (plural wali-wali)
* (obsolete) yellow drapery for ceremonial use.
* small, sharp carving knife.

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

wali (plural wali-wali)
* clipping of rajawali (“peregrine falcon”).

### Further reading

* “wali” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

wali
* Romanization of ꦮꦭꦶ

## Kabyle
### Verb

wali (intensive aorist ttwali, aorist iwali, preterite iwala, negative preterite iwala)
* to see
    Synonym: ẓer
* to watch
    Tettwalim tiliẓri ?Are you guys watching television?
* to think, consider

## Kapampangan
### Noun

wáli
* Súlat Wáwâ spelling of uali

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa.li/
* Rhymes: -li
* Hyphenation: wa‧li

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bali (“reverse, turn around”), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (“return”).

#### Alternative forms

* waluy

#### Adverb

wali
* again
* once more

#### Verb

wali
* to repeat

#### Derived terms

* amalekakĕn
* amaleni
* awali
* awali-wali
* mawali
* pali
* tan amali
* tan awalia malih
* tan pabali
* tan pamali
* tan pawali
* tan pinali
* walyan
* winalekĕn
* winali
* winalyan

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦮꦭꦶ (wali, “repeatedly”) (inherited)
* → Balinese: ᬯᬮᬶ (bali)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit बलि (bali). Doublet of bali (“tribute, offering”).

#### Noun

wali
* ritual requisites
* ceremonial clothes
* person in-charge of ritual or ceremony

##### Derived terms

* pali
* pawali
* sĕkar wali
* wali kuwaṅ

##### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦮꦭꦶ (wali, “ceremonial yellow drapery; small knife”) (inherited)
* → Balinese: ᬯᬮᬶ (wali)
* >? Balinese: ᬩᭂᬮᬶ (beli)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

wali
* Alternative spelling of wallī (“creeper”)

### Further reading

* "wali" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.li/
* Rhymes: -ali
* Syllabification: wa‧li

### Noun

wali m animal
* genitive plural of wal
    Synonym: walów

### Verb

wali
* third-person singular present of walić

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wa.ˈli/, [wa.ˈli]

### Noun

wali
* east

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Malagasy vary (“uncooked rice”).

#### Noun

wali class XI (no plural)
* cooked rice

##### See also

* mchele (raw husked rice)
* mpunga (raw unhusked rice)
* (Cereals) nafaka; shayiri (“barley”), mahindi (“maize”), ulezi (“millet”), oti (“oats”), mchele (“husked rice”) / mpunga (“unhusked rice”) / wali (“cooked rice”), ngano nyekundu (“rye”), mtama (“sorghum”), ngano (“wheat”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

wali
* plural of mwali

## Weri
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɑli/

### Adjective

wali
* long

### References

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