vilayet

See also: vilâyet

English

Alternative forms

• vilayat, velayat

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya)bor.

Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet)bor.

English vilayet

From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”). Doublet of wilaya, wilayat, and Blighty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɪləˈjɛt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

vilayet (plural vilayets)

1. (politics) A province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.

Hypernyms

• province

Coordinate terms

• sanjak, kaza, nahiyah

Translations

one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire

• Albanian: vilajet (sq) m
• Arabic: وِلَايَة (ar) f (wilāya), إِيَالَة (ar) f (ʔiyāla)
• Azerbaijani: vilayət (az)
• Bulgarian: вилае́т (bg) m (vilaét)
• Crimean Tatar: vilâyet
• Dutch: vilajet m
• French: vilayet (fr) m
• German: Wilajet (de) n
• Greek: βιλαέτι (el) n (vilaéti), βιλαέτιο (el) n (vilaétio)
• Hindi: विलायत (hi) f (vilāyat)
• Hungarian: vilajet (hu)
• Japanese: ヴィライェト (viraietto)
• Kazakh: уәлаят (wälayat)
• Kyrgyz: ылаят (ılayat)
• Malay: vilayet
• Marathi: विलायत f (vilāyat)
• Pashto: ولايت (ps) m (welāyát)
• Persian: ولایت (fa) (velâyat), ایالت (fa) (eyâlat)
• Polish: wilajet (pl) m inan
• Russian: вилайе́т (ru) m (vilajjét), велая́т (ru) m (velaját), вилоя́т (ru) m (viloját), вила́йа f (vilája)
• Serbo-Croatian: vilajet (sh) m
• Slovene: vilajet m
• Spanish: valiato m
• Tajik: вилоят (tg) (viloyat), иёлат (iyolat)
• Turkish: vilayet (tr), eyalet (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (vilayet)

• Turkmen: welaýat
• Ukrainian: вілає́т m (vilajét)
• Urdu: ولایت f (vilāyat)
• Uyghur: ۋىلايەت (wilayet)
• Uzbek: viloyat (uz)

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.la.jɛ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

vilayet m (plural vilayets)

1. 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

Etymology tree

Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya)bor.

Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet)

Turkish vilayet

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.laːˈjet/
• Hyphenation: vi‧la‧yet

Noun

vilayet (definite accusative vilayeti, plural vilayetler)

1. province

   Synonym: il

2. vilayet

Declension

Declension of vilayet

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
• “vilayet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “vilayet”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı