عالی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَالٍ (ʕālin).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ˈliː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.líː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.líː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.lí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ālī |
| Dari reading? | ālī |
| Iranian reading? | âli |
| Tajik reading? | oli |
- Homophone: آلی (âli)
Adjective
| Dari | عالی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | олӣ |
عالی • ('âli) (comparative عالیتَر, superlative عالیتَرین)
- sublime, exalted
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume VI, verse 868:
- صورتی کو فاخر و عالی بود / او ز بیت الله کی خالی بود
- surat-i k-u fâxer o âli bovad / u ze beyt-allâh key xâli bovad
- How should the form [of the Perfect Man], which is splendid and sublime, [ever] be absent from the House of God?
- excellent
- بِسیار عالی اَست. ― besyâr âli ast. ― It's excellent.
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
Adjective
عالِی • ('ālī) (Hindi spelling आली)
- high, elevated, exalted, eminent, noble, grand, sublime
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “عالی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.