vilayet

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

vilayet

Traductions

vilayet

Wilajet

βιλαέτι

Étymologie (Anglais)

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