Morphologicallyوَ(wa,“and”) +‎لَا(lā,“not”).

وَلَا• (wa-lā)

1. For non-idiomatic uses, seeوَ(wa) andلَا(lā).

   أَقْرَأُ ٱلْكِتَابَوَلَا أَفْهَمُ شَيْئًا مِنْهُ

   ʔaqraʔu l-kitābawa-lā ʔafhamu šayʔan minhu

   I’m reading the book,and I donot understand anything in it.

2. nor;(with a preceding negative)or

   لَمْ أَشْعُرْ بِٱلْحُزْنِوَلَا بِٱلْفَرَحِ

   lam ʔašʕur bi-l-ḥuzniwa-lā bi-l-faraḥi

   I did not feel sadnessnor joy.

3. (idiomatic, used to emphasize a negative) (not)even; (not)at all

   لَنْ تَجِدَ خَيْرًا مِن هٰذَاوَلَا فِي أَمْرِيكَا

   lan tajida ḵayran min hāḏāwa-lā fī ʔamrīkā

   You won’teven find anything better than this in America.

   (literally, “You won’t find anything better than this,and not in America.”)

FromArabicوَ(wa,“and”) +أَلَّا(ʔallā,“except”).

ولا• (walla)

1. or

ولا• (walla)

1. introduces a yes-no question

   هو كبيرولا؟ ―hu kabīrwalla? ―is hebig?

• Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021),Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad:SIL Chad, page150
• Alan S. Kaye (1976),Chadian and Sudanese Arabic in the light of comparative Arabic dialectology,Mouton,→ISBN

FromArabicوَ(wa,“and”) +أَلَّا(ʔallā,“except”).

• IPA^(key): /wal.la/

ولا• (walla)

1. or

   Synonym:أو(ʔaw)

   تبغى هذا؟ وَلَّا هذا؟ ―tibḡa hāda?walla hāda? ―do you want this?or that?

FromArabicوَلَا(walā).

• IPA^(key): /wa.la/

ولا• (wala)

1. nor,neither

   لا هدا ,ولا هداك ―lā hāda,wala hadāk ―not this,nor that

FromArabicوَ(wa,“and”) +أَلَّا(ʔallā,“except”).

• IPA^(key): /wal.la/

ولا• (walla)

1. or

   Synonyms:أو(ʔaw),أولا(ʔawla)

   شنو باغي تشري فالقمايص للعرس؟ هدا اللي مخطط بالاصفر ولا هداك اللي بلون موحد ومطرز بالصقلي زرق؟

   šnu bāḡi tašri f-le-qmāyiṣ l-el-ʕurs? hāda lli mḵaṭṭaṭ b-l-aṣfar walla hadāk elli b-lūn mwaḥḥad u mṭarraz b-eṣ-ṣqalli zraq?

   What do you want to buy for a weddingqmīṣ (Moroccan male dress) for the wedding? This yellow-stripped one or that one with one colour and embroidered with blueṣqalli (Moroccan golden motif)?

FromArabicوَلَا(walā).

• IPA^(key): /wa.la/

ولا• (wala)

1. nor,neither

   ما خاصني لا هادا ولا هداك. ―ma ḵāṣṣni lā hāda wala hadāk ―I don't want this nor that.

FromArabicوَ(wa,“and”) +لَا(lā,“not”).

• IPA^(key): /wa.la/,[ˈwa.la]

• Audio(Ramallah):

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ولا• (wala)

1. nor

   ما بدي هادا ولا هادا. ―mā biddi hādawala hāda. ―I neither want thisnor that.

ولا• (wala)

1. not even

• ولا حدا(wala ḥada,“no one”)
• ولامرة(wala marra,“never”)
• ولا شي(wala shi,“nothing”)

FromArabicوَ(wa,“and”) +إِلَّا(ʔillā,“except”).

• IPA^(key): /wil.la/,[ˈwɪl.la]

• Audio(Ramallah):

  (file)

ولّا• (willa)

1. or(mutually exclusive alternatives)

   Synonyms:أو(aw),يا ...يا(ya ... ya)

   بدك هادا ولا هادا؟ ―biddak hādawilla hāda? ―Do you want thisor that?

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