wali
nounEtymology From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).
wali
noun/ˈwɑːliː/
Etymology Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).
1
A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
- 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.2007 November 2, Jane Perlez, “Militants Draw New Front Line Inside Pakistan”, in New York Times:
- Coordinate terms
- sanjakbey, mutasarrif, kaymakam, mudir