عالی
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /ɑːliː/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /ɒːliː/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /ɒːliː/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /ɔːliː/
- Homophone: آلی (âli)
Adjective
| Dari | عالی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | олӣ (olī) |
عالی • ('âli), comparative عالیتَر ('âli-tar), superlative عالیتَرین ('âli-tarin)
- sublime, exalted
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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?
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- excellent
- بِسیار عالی اَست. ― besyâr âli ast. ― It's excellent.
Derived terms
- جناب عالی (jenâb-e 'âli)
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