اعلی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaʔ.ˈlaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäʔ.lɑ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæʔ.lɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäʔ.lɔ́]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | a'lā |
| Dari reading? | a'lā |
| Iranian reading? | a'lâ |
| Tajik reading? | a'lo |
Adjective
| Dari | اعلی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | аъло |
اعلی • (a'lâ)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَعْلیٰ (a'lā), from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əʔ.lɑː/, [ɑʔ.lɑː], [ɑː.lɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: اَع‧لا
Adjective
اَعْلیٰ • (a'lā) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling आला)
Further reading
- “اعلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اعلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اعلیٰ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اعلي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 61
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