wali

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. A saint or prophet.
    — You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.

词形变化

walis plural wāli alternative vali alternative walis plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).
词源 2
From Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).
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