英语词汇“Vilayet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

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Vilayet

释义

Vilayet, n.¹ India.|vɪˈlaɪɛt|
Also Vilayat, (in early use) Belait, Willaet, etc., and with lower-case initial.
[ad. Hindi Vilāyat, Urdu Wilāyat, ult. ad. Arab. wilāya(t) dominion; cf. vilayet n.². See Blighty n.]
Abroad (from the perspective first of Afghanistan and later of India); Europe, esp. Britain.
The form Belait was preferred in the writings of Rudyard Kipling.
1815M. M. Sherwood Hist. Little Henry & his Bearer (ed. 2) 78 ‘What!’ said Boosy, ‘is sahib going to Willaet?’ [Note] Country: but generally applied to Europe.1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson 70/2 Bilayut, Billaït, &c..., Europe... Wilāyat is the usual form in Bombay.1899Kipling From Sea to Sea II. 358 Let the town hear of the wonders which I have seen in Belait.1901― Kim iv. 107 Hai, my son, thou hast never learned all that since thou camest from Belait (Europe).1971Guardian 7 July 8/1 Many of his countrymen prefer to leave India to seek their fortunes in vilayat..(meaning abroad, and especially England).1983J. Masters Man of War i. 3 But, sahib, we do not own land here..we retire and go back to Vilayet.

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