wali
/ˈwɑːliː
/noun
The governor of a province in an Arab country.In a document obtained by Human Rights Watch, the state governor or wali of South Darfur orders commissioners ‘to recruit 300 horsemen for Khartoum’....
- It was not uncommon for the Ottoman governor (or wali as he was called) of Baghdad to clash with insurgent tribes.
- I've been the guest of chancellors, viziers, cæsars, walis and prime ministers.
Origin
From Arabic (al-)wālī.
- intestine
- intestines
- in that
- in that case
- in that event
- in the abstract
- in the act of
- in the affirmative
- in (the) aggregate
- in the air
- in the altogether
- in the ascendant
- in the bag
- in the balance
- in the belief that
- in the blink of an eye (or in a blink)
- in the box seat
- in the buff
- in the business of
- in the cactus
- in the can
- in the cart
- in the catbird seat
- in the cause of
- in the clear