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Wai vs Wali - What's the difference?

wai | wali |

As a noun wali is

a provincial governor in certain islamic countries.

wai

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
  • Etymology 2

    Phonetic respelling of why.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)
  • Conjunction

    (en-conjunction)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)
  • Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Aka-Bea==

    Adverb

    (head)
  • indeed
  • References

    * Edward Horace Man, A Dictionary of the South Andaman (Aka-Bea) language (1923) ---- =='Are'are==

    Noun

    (head)
  • fresh water
  • Antonyms

    *

    References

    * Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary ----

    wali

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * (l) (via Turkish)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries.
  • *1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, page 130:
  • *:You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali , seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 2, author=Jane Perlez, title=Militants Draw New Front Line Inside Pakistan, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali , bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented. }}