علنی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَنِيّ (ʕalaniyy), from عَلَنَ (ʕalana).

Adjective

علنی • (aleni)

public, open

Related terms

علناً (alenen, “publicly, openly”)

Descendants

Turkish: aleni

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aleni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “علنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1318

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَنِيّ (ʕalaniyy).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.la.ˈniː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.níː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.níː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.ní]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.læ.níː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.ní]

Readings
Classical reading^?	alanī
Dari reading^?	alanī
Iranian reading^?	alani
Tajik reading^?	alani

Adjective

علنی • (alani)

public, open
Synonym: آشکارا (âškârâ)

― jalase-ye alani ― public meeting
- mid-1100s, Sōzan⁠ī of Samarqand, “Panegyric 179”, in دیوان سوزنی‎^[2]:
  همه نهاد تو و رسم و سان و سیرت تو
  ستودنی و ستوده است سری و علنی
  hama nihād-i tu u rasm u sān u sīrat-i tu
  sutūdanī u sutūda ast sirrī u alanī
  All your nature and your customs and manner and conduct
  Are praiseworthy and praised, in secret and in open.
  (Classical romanization)

Derived terms

علنی شدن (alani šodan, “to become public”)
علنی کردن (alani kardan, “to make public”)