[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15781 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15781 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15781 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15781) b. Ar. walī. This is much used in some Mahommedan countries (e.g. Egypt and Syria) for a saint, and by a transfer for the shrine of such a saint. \["This would be a separate building like our family tomb and probably domed. . . . Europeans usually call it 'a little Wali'; or, as they write it, 'Wely'; the contained for the container; the 'Santon' for the 'Santon's tomb'" (Burton, \*Ar. Nights\*, i. 97).\] See under PEER. - [Previous: c10.15780](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15780) - [Next: c10.15782](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15782) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15781) · Pramāṇa