ваилло

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian وَاِلَّا (wa-illā), from Arabic وَإِلَّا (wa-ʔillā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /väjilˈlɔ/, [väjillɔ́]

Adverb

ваилло • (vayillo) (Persian spelling والا)

1. (literary) otherwise, or else

   Synonym: вагарна (vagarna)

Further reading

• Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature (2008), Farhang-i Tafsiri-yi Zabon-i Tojikī, Vol. 1, page 258. Dushanbe: Tajik Academy of Sciences.
• “ваилло”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024