vilayatin.adj.

Brit.

/ˌvɪləˈjati/, U.S.

/ˌvɪləˈjɑdi/

Forms:

α. 1800s wilayati, 1800s– vilayati.

β. 1800s belaitee, 1800s belatee, 1800s– belaiti, 1800s– belati, 1800s– belattee, 1900s– bilayati.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu vilāyatī; Persian vilāyatī.

Etymology: < (i) Urdu vilāyatī (also regional bilāyatī) and its etymon (ii) Persian vilāyatī foreign, especially British or European < vilāyat inhabited country, dominion, district (see Vilayat n.) + -ī , suffix forming adjectives expressing belonging (see -i suffix²).The Urdu adjective is also reflected in occasional earlier borrowings of phrases, as e.g. Belattee Sahib , Blighty Sahib , literally ‘foreign gentleman’ (1833 or earlier; < vilāyatī šāḥib ; compare sahib n.) and belaitee panee , belati pani soda water (1835 or earlier; < Urdu vilāyatī pānī , literally ‘foreign water’; compare pani n.), although these were apparently never fully naturalized in English.

South Asian.

A. n.

A foreigner; (originally) esp. an English, British, or European person.

ΚΠ

1842 C. Masson Narr. Var. Journeys I. ii. 24 A few remarks..elicited a renewal of protestations of service and attention from Abdúl Kâlik and Kalífa Iddaitúla, the latter asserting that he never saw a Balaití but his heart rejoiced.

1844 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 566 It was explained that, though a wilāyati, I was not an Englishman.

1879 R. M. Martin Our Indian Empire II. 382 Soon the belaitee came out with his bloody sword broken.

2009 Indian Lit. 53 199 This ‘fair blue-eyed horseman’, a vilayati from Persia, waits for his Champavati to arrive.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a foreign land; esp. of English, British, or European origin. Cf. Blighty n. and adj.²

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > of or relating to a foreign land

un-i-cundeeOE

althedisheOE

althedyOE

elelendisha1000

fremda1000

outlandishOE

strange1297

outenc1300

unkindc1300

outlandsc1330

foreign?1435

outland1488

peregrine1532

uncouth1533

forinsecal1539

exterior1540

extern1543

unnative1568

uplandish1586

external1587

tramontane1596

exotical1601

estranged1614

undenizened1635

extra-marine1639

outlanding1643

ultramarine1656

transmontane1727

forinsec service1728

foreigneering1806

trans-oceanic1827

vilayati1843

alienized1860

oversea1881

overwater1889

overseas1892

furrin1895

non-native1932

1843 A. N. Shaw tr. in Accts. & Papers House of Commons 1847: 9 (Parl. Papers XLII) (1847) 476 Of the two plantations, viz., the ‘vilayati’ (American) and the country cotton, which is the best for cultivation?

1870 Foreign Missionary Jan. 186/2 She was always writing, thinking, and asking questions, and what would it be for but to tell the Wilayati [sc. English]..people all they had talked about?

1889 R. Kipling in Pioneer Mail (Allahabad) 23 Oct. 516/3 If you go to a Japanese hotel which attempts a belaiti compromise, insist on being fed in the Japanese manner.

1925 Times of India 3 Oct. 17/2 Cheap Swadeshi soap instead of the finest Bilayati stuff.

1942 M. R. Anand Sword & Sickle i. 21 I would like to start a farm in Vilayati style.

2001 R. Joshi Last Jet Engine Laugh (2002) 81 The box of the camera was crafted from some dark brown wood... The sides had a straightness that only vilayati things seemed to achieve.

2007 Hindustan TImes (Nexis) 23 Mar. For heaven's sake, what was that track about a Pakistani boy..nearly giving up his religion for a Vilayati vixen?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vilayati
释义	vilayatin.adj. Brit. /ˌvɪləˈjati/, U.S. /ˌvɪləˈjɑdi/ Forms: α. 1800s wilayati, 1800s– vilayati. β. 1800s belaitee, 1800s belatee, 1800s– belaiti, 1800s– belati, 1800s– belattee, 1900s– bilayati. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu vilāyatī; Persian vilāyatī. Etymology: < (i) Urdu vilāyatī (also regional bilāyatī) and its etymon (ii) Persian vilāyatī foreign, especially British or European < vilāyat inhabited country, dominion, district (see Vilayat n.) + -ī , suffix forming adjectives expressing belonging (see -i suffix²).The Urdu adjective is also reflected in occasional earlier borrowings of phrases, as e.g. Belattee Sahib , Blighty Sahib , literally ‘foreign gentleman’ (1833 or earlier; < vilāyatī šāḥib ; compare sahib n.) and belaitee panee , belati pani soda water (1835 or earlier; < Urdu vilāyatī pānī , literally ‘foreign water’; compare pani n.), although these were apparently never fully naturalized in English. South Asian. A. n. A foreigner; (originally) esp. an English, British, or European person. ΚΠ 1842 C. Masson Narr. Var. Journeys I. ii. 24 A few remarks..elicited a renewal of protestations of service and attention from Abdúl Kâlik and Kalífa Iddaitúla, the latter asserting that he never saw a Balaití but his heart rejoiced. 1844 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 566 It was explained that, though a wilāyati, I was not an Englishman. 1879 R. M. Martin Our Indian Empire II. 382 Soon the belaitee came out with his bloody sword broken. 2009 Indian Lit. 53 199 This ‘fair blue-eyed horseman’, a vilayati from Persia, waits for his Champavati to arrive. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a foreign land; esp. of English, British, or European origin. Cf. Blighty n. and adj.² ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > of or relating to a foreign land un-i-cundeeOE althedisheOE althedyOE elelendisha1000 fremda1000 outlandishOE strange1297 outenc1300 unkindc1300 outlandsc1330 foreign?1435 outland1488 peregrine1532 uncouth1533 forinsecal1539 exterior1540 extern1543 unnative1568 uplandish1586 external1587 tramontane1596 exotical1601 estranged1614 undenizened1635 extra-marine1639 outlanding1643 ultramarine1656 transmontane1727 forinsec service1728 foreigneering1806 trans-oceanic1827 vilayati1843 alienized1860 oversea1881 overwater1889 overseas1892 furrin1895 non-native1932 1843 A. N. Shaw tr. in Accts. & Papers House of Commons 1847: 9 (Parl. Papers XLII) (1847) 476 Of the two plantations, viz., the ‘vilayati’ (American) and the country cotton, which is the best for cultivation? 1870 Foreign Missionary Jan. 186/2 She was always writing, thinking, and asking questions, and what would it be for but to tell the Wilayati [sc. English]..people all they had talked about? 1889 R. Kipling in Pioneer Mail (Allahabad) 23 Oct. 516/3 If you go to a Japanese hotel which attempts a belaiti compromise, insist on being fed in the Japanese manner. 1925 Times of India 3 Oct. 17/2 Cheap Swadeshi soap instead of the finest Bilayati stuff. 1942 M. R. Anand Sword & Sickle i. 21 I would like to start a farm in Vilayati style. 2001 R. Joshi Last Jet Engine Laugh (2002) 81 The box of the camera was crafted from some dark brown wood... The sides had a straightness that only vilayati things seemed to achieve. 2007 Hindustan TImes (Nexis) 23 Mar. For heaven's sake, what was that track about a Pakistani boy..nearly giving up his religion for a Vilayati vixen? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1842
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