Arabic vocabulary
وَالِيgovernor in Arabic
وَالِي is how you say “governor” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَكَمْ شَاهَدْتُ وَالْ قَصْرَ وَلِيُّهُ عَدُوُّهُ لَمَّا عُزِلَ
How often have I seen the governor of a palace whose ally became his enemy when he was dismissed!
والي — governor. A doer-noun (active participle) meaning 'governor', the one set in charge. It is the object witnessed and heads a possessive pairing with 'palace', so it reads 'governor of...'. As the figure observed, it names the powerful man whose ally later turned on him.
From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →
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