Where does “ولسوالی” come from?
ولسوالی (Persian) comes from Pashto ولس, from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋, from Common Turkic uluš, from Proto-Turkic *üle-.
ولسوالی (Persian): Wuleswali, a type of administrative division in...
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- Wuleswali, a type of administrative division in...
Ancestry of “ولسوالی”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pashto | ولس | — |
| 2 | Classical Mongolian | ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ | — |
| 3 | Common Turkic | uluš | country; city; country, city |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *üle- | — |