welat

== Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === Cognate with Central Kurdish وڵات (wllat), Zazaki welat, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). Probably borrowed during the Ottoman period, partially displacing native nişt, which can still be seen in نیشتمان (nîştman). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɛˈlɑːt/ Hyphenation: we‧lat === Noun === welat m (Arabic spelling وەلات) country ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bêwelat, welatî, welatparêz === See also === ax, cîhan === References === http://legerin.ferheng.org/search/kurd2eng/welat.html Ferhenga destî