Uzbek

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic вилоят
Latin viloyat
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

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Inherited from Chagatai ولایت, from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَةٌ f (wilāyatun). Cognate with Uyghur ۋىلايەت / wilayet / Uyghur вилайәт.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋi.lɒ.jat/, [ʋɪ.lɒ̽.jɐt̪]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧lo‧yat

Noun

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viloyat (plural viloyatlar)

  1. vilayet, administrative division of Uzbekistan
  2. province, region

Declension

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