evliya

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولیا (evliyâ, “saint, mahatma”), from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ev.liˈjaː/ Hyphenation: ev‧li‧ya === Noun === evliya (definite accusative evliyayı, plural evliyalar) (Islam) saint, mahatma ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “evliya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “evliya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “evliya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük