Wari vs Wali - What's the difference?
wari | wali |
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
, 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. }}
As nouns the difference between wari and wali
is that wari is (games) a board game of the mancala family while wali is a provincial governor in certain islamic countries.wali
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* * (l) (via Turkish)Noun
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