Editing Veli

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'''Veli''' is a male [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Estonian language|Estonian]] given name, meaning ''brother''.
It is also an [[Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] name, mainly used by Ottoman affiliated populations as a male given name, meaning ''guardian''. Its original etymology in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] meaning a "friend of God" when used in a religious-mystical context, and is the singular form of ''Evliya''.

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==People==
===Given name===
* [[Veli Acar]] (born 1981), Turkish footballer
* [[Veli-Matti Ahonen]], Finnish ski jumper
* [[Veli Kavlak]] (born 1988), Austrian footballer 
* [[Veli-Pekka Ketola]] (born 1948), Finnish ice hockey player
* [[Veli Kızılkaya]] (born 1985), Turkish footballer
* [[Veli Koota]] (born 1957), Finnish boxer
* [[Veli Lampi]] (born 1984), Finnish footballer
* [[Veli Lehtelä]] (1935–2020), Finnish rower
* [[Veli-Matti Lindström]] (born 1983), Finnish ski jumper
* [[Veli Merikoski]] (1905–1982), Finnish politician and professor
* [[Veli Nieminen]] (1886–1936), Finnish gymnast and sports shooter
* [[Veli Paloheimo]] (born 1967), Finnish tennis player
* [[Veli Saarinen]] (1902–1969), Finnish cross-country skier

===Surname===
* [[Gursel Veli]] (born 1982), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
* [[Hacı Bayram-ı Veli]] (1352–1430), Turkish poet, founder of the Bayrami Sufi sect
* [[Haji Bektash Veli]], Sufi mystic
* [[Orhan Veli]] (1914–1950), Turkish poet
* [[Bayezid II]] (Sultân Bayezid-î Velî) was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II

===Mythologic people===
* Veļi, dead-soul spirits in [[Latvian mythology]]

==Places==
* [[Veli (Gagra District)]], a village in Abkhazia, Georgia
* Veli, a short name for the Croatian village [[Veli Lošinj]]
* Veli, a former name of the Armenian town [[Verin Tsaghkavan|Tsaghkavan, Tavush]]

==Other uses==
* [[Veli (film)|''Veli'' (film)]], a 1985 Indian Tamil film
* [[Veli Railway Station]], Trivandrum, Kerala, India

==See also ==
* [[Wali (disambiguation)]]
* [[Auliya (disambiguation)]]

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[[Category:Turkish-language surnames]]
[[Category:Turkish masculine given names]]
[[Category:Masculine given names]]