vilayet

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

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vilajet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Arabic: وِلَايَة (wilāya) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Arabic: إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Azerbaijani: vilayət — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Bulgarian: вилае́т (vilaét) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Crimean Tatar: vilâyet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Dutch: vilajet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• French: vilayet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• German: Wilajet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Greek: βιλαέτι (vilaéti) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Greek: βιλαέτιο (vilaétio) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Hindi: विलायत (vilāyat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Hungarian: vilajet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Kazakh: уәлаят (uälaät) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Kyrgyz: ылаят (ılayat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Malay: vilayet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Marathi: विलायत (vilāyat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Pashto: ولايت (welāyát) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Persian: ولایت (velâyat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Persian: ایالت (eyâlat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Polish: wilajet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Russian: вилайе́т (vilajjét) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Russian: велая́т (velaját) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Russian: вилоя́т (viloját) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Russian: вила́йа (vilája) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Serbo-Croatian: vilajet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Slovene: vilajet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Spanish: valiato — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Tajik: вилоят (viloyat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Tajik: иёлат (iyolat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Turkish: vilayet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Turkish: eyalet — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman Turkish: ولایت (vilayet) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Turkmen: welaýat — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Urdu: ولایت (vilāyat) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Uyghur: ۋىلايەت (wilayet) — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire
• Uzbek: viloyat — one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire