wilayah

== English == === Noun === wilayah (plural wilayahs or wilayat) Alternative spelling of wilaya == Acehnese == === Etymology === From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). === Noun === wilayah territory == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay wilayah, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /wiˈlajah/ [wiˈla.jah] Rhymes: -ajah Syllabification: wi‧la‧yah === Noun === wilayah (plural wilayah-wilayah) territory (loosely) region Synonym: daerah (loosely) area Synonym: kawasan ==== Alternative forms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “wilayah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wiˈlajah/ [wiˈla.jah] === Noun === wilayah (Jawi spelling ولايه, plural wilayah-wilayah or wilayah2) (politics) any subdivided territory, province, area or region wilayah persekutuan: federal territory (Malaysia) any territory with separate powers from those granted upon unitary Peninsular states like Sabah and Sarawak (Kelantan, Pattani) changwat, a province of Thailand ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: wilayah (inherited) → Acehnese: wilayah → Tausug: wilaya' === Further reading === "wilayah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017