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Vinny, you might enjoy this dictionary. It gives the etymology of that word.3
Cool, Diana. Thanks! But now I'm kicking myself for not having figured it out.ulaya Bem bulaya, Gan bulaya, Kik ruraya, Mwe vulaya, Rwa uburayi from Hin vilayat from Ban from Ara wilaya; see wilaya = Europe
Wilaya(t) is Arabic for state. The adjective form Vilayati is the source of Anglo-Indian Blighty.
