单词 | weli |
释义 | weliwelyn. 1. A Muslim saint or holy man. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > non-Christian > Muslim pir1623 weli1819 sheikh1908 1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. 341 Notes Hafeez: holy, but in a less degree than the Wely or saint. 1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan I. 312 He..had on his head a magnificent turban of cashmere shawl—somewhat inconsistent in a dervish; but saints and wullees are now-a-days privileged people. 1876 Stobart Islam 204 Those faqirs who attain to great sanctity are called ‘Walis’. 2. The tomb or shrine of a weli. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > shrine > [noun] > of saint > Muslim pir1698 durgah1793 santon1835 weli1838 marabout1859 1838 E. Robinson Res. Palestine (1841) I. 322 Rachel's Tomb..is merely an ordinary Muslim Wely, or tomb of a holy person. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iii. 114 The white-domed wely of an obscure Mohammedan saint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1819 |
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