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wakālator wikālat (for A. وكالة , fr. wikāl, inf. n. of وَ ا كَ لَ 'to trust to,' etc., iii of وكل 'to entrust (one's affairs) to'; or fr. wakīl, q.v.), s.f. The office of substitute, or agent, or administrator, etc.; substitute, proxy; agency;—embassy; deputation, delegation, commission;—the business of an advocate or pleader (wakīl), pleading, practice at the bar:—wakālat karnā, To act as substitute or proxy (for, -kīt̤araf-se); to advocate the cause (of);—to practise as a pleader or advocate:—wakālatnāma, s.m. A plenipotentiary commission, full powers;—a power of attorney.
Origin: Persian