vilayet

• vilayat, velayat

From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”).[1] Doublet of wilayah.

• Rhymes: -ɛt

vilayet (plural vilayets)

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

• province

• sanjak, kaza, nahiyah

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

• IPA^(key): /vi.la.jɛ/

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vilayet m (plural vilayets)

1. vilayet

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

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

• vilâyet

From Ottoman Turkish ولایت sg (vilāyat /⁠vilāyät⁠/), from Classical Persian وِلایَت sg (vilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَة f sg (wilāya).

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

vilayet (definite accusative vilayeti, plural vilayetler)

1. vilayet

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