Vi > References for ‘Viláyet, vilayet’
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[22] It is worth mentioning here that [...] only Sri Lanka or Ceylon. The word vilayet, prevalent in Arabic and Farsi, [...] Some people think that perhaps Viláyet or Vilet means “Britain” [...] came from Lauṋká.
[18] The Saḿskrta word “nikat́a” [...] Ceylon. The Persian word is “viláyet”. The “laḿká” [...] “laḿká”.