From Persian حالی. Cognate with Bashkir әле (əle, “still, yet”), Kyrgyz али (ali, “still, as yet; just now”), Turkish hâlâ (“still, yet”), Azerbaijani hələ (“still, yet”), Uzbek hali (“still, yet”), Uyghur ھېلى (hëli, “still, yet, recently”).
әлі • (älı)