Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَوَلَّى

Root: ولى

Form: 5

Full Definition

تَوَلَّىV He turned himself, الى towards. He turned away عَنْهُ from him, or it.
2 تَوَلَّى He turned the back to another: see a verse in art. فيل, conj. 1.
3 تولّى أَمْرًا He took upon himself an affair.
4 تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ He took upon himself, or undertook, the main part thereof; syn. تَحَمَّلَ مُعْظَمَهُ.
5 تَولَّاهُ: see وَلِيَهُ.


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