اولیاء

See also: أولياء

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaw.li.ˈjaːʔ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɑːʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔow.li.jɒːʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.li.jɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	awliyā'
Dari reading^?	awliyā'
Iranian reading^?	owliyâ'
Tajik reading^?	avliyo'

Noun

اولیاء • (awliyā' / owliyâ')

plural of (walī / vali)

Descendants

→ Bengali: আউলিয়া (auliẏa)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: औलिया (auliyā)
- Urdu: اَولِیَا (auliyā)
→ Kazakh: әулие (äulie)
→ Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: اولیا (evliyā)
  - Azerbaijani: övliya
  - Ottoman Turkish: اولیا (evliya)
    - Turkish: evliya
- Turkmen: öwlüýä
→ Uzbek: avliyo