# vilayet
## English
### Alternative forms

* vilayat, velayat

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”). Doublet of wilayah.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

vilayet (plural vilayets)
* (politics) A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.

#### Hypernyms

* province

#### Coordinate terms

* sanjak, kaza, nahiyah

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “vilayet”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ولایت, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.la.jɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vilayet m (plural vilayets)
* vilayet

### References

* “vilayet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Further reading

* “vilayet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* vilâyet

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilâyet), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.laː.jet/
* Hyphenation: vi‧la‧yet

### Noun

vilayet (definite accusative vilayeti, plural vilayetler)
* province
    Synonym: il
* vilayet

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
vilayet
vilayetler
definite accusative
vilayeti
vilayetleri
dative
vilayete
vilayetlere
locative
vilayette
vilayetlerde
ablative
vilayetten
vilayetlerden
genitive
vilayetin
vilayetlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
vilayetim
vilayetlerim
2nd singular
vilayetin
vilayetlerin
3rd singular
vilayeti
vilayetleri
1st plural
vilayetimiz
vilayetlerimiz
2nd plural
vilayetiniz
vilayetleriniz
3rd plural
vilayetleri
vilayetleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
vilayetimi
vilayetlerimi
2nd singular
vilayetini
vilayetlerini
3rd singular
vilayetini
vilayetlerini
1st plural
vilayetimizi
vilayetlerimizi
2nd plural
vilayetinizi
vilayetlerinizi
3rd plural
vilayetlerini
vilayetlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
vilayetime
vilayetlerime
2nd singular
vilayetine
vilayetlerine
3rd singular
vilayetine
vilayetlerine
1st plural
vilayetimize
vilayetlerimize
2nd plural
vilayetinize
vilayetlerinize
3rd plural
vilayetlerine
vilayetlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
vilayetimde
vilayetlerimde
2nd singular
vilayetinde
vilayetlerinde
3rd singular
vilayetinde
vilayetlerinde
1st plural
vilayetimizde
vilayetlerimizde
2nd plural
vilayetinizde
vilayetlerinizde
3rd plural
vilayetlerinde
vilayetlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
vilayetimden
vilayetlerimden
2nd singular
vilayetinden
vilayetlerinden
3rd singular
vilayetinden
vilayetlerinden
1st plural
vilayetimizden
vilayetlerimizden
2nd plural
vilayetinizden
vilayetlerinizden
3rd plural
vilayetlerinden
vilayetlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
vilayetimin
vilayetlerimin
2nd singular
vilayetinin
vilayetlerinin
3rd singular
vilayetinin
vilayetlerinin
1st plural
vilayetimizin
vilayetlerimizin
2nd plural
vilayetinizin
vilayetlerinizin
3rd plural
vilayetlerinin
vilayetlerinin :

#### Related terms

* vali
* valilik

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vilayet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük