Where does “vilajet” come from?
vilajet (Hungarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ولایت, from Arabic وِلَايَة — province.
vilajet (Hungarian): vilayet
Ancestry of “vilajet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ولایت | province |
| 2 | Arabic | وِلَايَة | province |