Where does “ولی” come from?
ولی (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Classical Persian ولی, from Arabic وَلِيّ — near; custodian, protecter, helper.
Ancestry of “ولی”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | ولی | — |
| 2 | Arabic | وَلِيّ | near; custodian, protecter, helper |