عالی‌جناب

See also: عالیجناب

Persian

Alternative forms

عالیجناب ('âlijanâb)

Etymology

From ('âli) +‎ (janâb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.liː.d͡ʒa.ˈnaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.liː.d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.liː.d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.li.d͡ʒä.nɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.liː.d͡ʒæ.nɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.li.d͡ʒä.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ālī-janāb
Dari reading^?	ālī-janāb
Iranian reading^?	âli-janâb
Tajik reading^?	oli-janob

Noun


Iranian Persian	عالی‌جناب
Dari	عالی‌جناب
Tajik	олиҷаноб

عالی‌جناب • ('âli-janâb)

Excellency

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: alicənab
→ Gujarati: આલીજનાબ (ālījnāb)
→ Ottoman Turkish: عالیجناب
- Turkish: alicenap
→ Turkmen: alyjenap
→ Uyghur: ئالىجاناپ (alijanap)
→ Uzbek: olijanob

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عالی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim