Wali (disambiguation)

Wali is an Arabic word meaning guardian, custodian, protector, or helper. In English, it most often means a Muslim saint or holy person. It has sometimes been extended to mean the tomb or shrine of such a man.

Wali or WALI may also refer to:

  • Wali (Islamic legal guardian)
  • Al-Walī (Arabic:الولي) and Al-Wālī (Arabic:الوالي), are two related names of God in Islam
  • Wāli, an administrative title used by the Arabic and Ottoman Caliphates
  • Wali, weli or welli, a synonym for a Muslim Maqam (shrine), used in Palestine and in older Western scholarly literature
  • Wali language (Sudan), a Nubian language
  • Wali language (Ghana), a Gur language
  • Wali (band), an Indonesian band
  • Wali, Mauritania, an alternate spelling of Waly Diantang, a village in the Gorgol Region
  • WALI, a radio station (1280 AM) licensed to serve Dayton, Tennessee, United States
  • WOEZ (FM), a radio station (93.7 FM) licensed to serve Burton, South Carolina, United States, which used the call sign WALI from 1996 to 2017

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See also

  • Vali (disambiguation)
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