wali

British  

/ ˈwɑːlɪ /

noun

1. a divinely inspired leader; saint

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Etymology

Origin of wali

Arabic

Example Sentences

The chairman of Kajuru local government area, Dauda Madaki, said security forces were sent to Kurmin Wali after reports of an attack, but found "no evidence of the attack. I asked the village head, Mai Dan Zaria, and he said that there was no such attack."

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"It's hard for an external vendor or an external tool provider to just provide something for the organization that it could use across all those different teams," explains Moutie Wali, director of digital transformation and planning at Canadian telecoms firm Telus.

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But people wanted to keep their existing Excel setups and simply download information from the new system, Wali explains.

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Rumours had circulated that the blasts in Kabul were part of a targeted attack on the TTP's leader, Noor Wali Mehsud.

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Traditionally every woman has a 'wali', a male guardian who makes decisions on her behalf.

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