Where does “wîlayet” come from?

wîlayet (Kurdish) comes from Turkish vilayet, from Ottoman Turkish ولایت, from Arabic وِلَايَة — province.

wîlayet (Kurdish): province

Definitions

  1. province

Ancestry of “wîlayet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishvilayetprovince
2Ottoman Turkishولایتprovince
3Arabicوِلَايَةprovince
Every word from Arabic وِلَايَة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ولایت →Every word from Turkish vilayet →