علوي

See also: علوی‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عُلُوّ‎ (ʕuluww, “height, grandeur”) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy), with a modified version of عُلُوّ‎ (ʕuluww); from the root ع ل و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

Adjective

عُلْوِيّ • (ʕulwiyy) (feminine عُلْوِيَّة‎ (ʕulwiyya), masculine plural عُلْوِيُّون‎ (ʕulwiyyūn), feminine plural عُلْوِيَّات‎ (ʕulwiyyāt))

  1. upper
  2. high, lofty
  3. roof, upstairs, overhead
  4. sublime, exalted
  5. heavenly, divine, celestial, astral, ethereal, empyreal
Declension

Etymology 2

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَلِيّ‎ (ʕaliyy, “high, exalted; Ali”) +‎ ـَوـ‎ (-aw-) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy), from the root ع ل و‎ (ʕ-l-w).

Adjective

عَلَوِيّ • (ʕalawiyy) (feminine عَلَوِيَّة‎ (ʕalawiyya), masculine plural عَلَوِيُّون‎ (ʕalawiyyūn), feminine plural عَلَوِيَّات‎ (ʕalawiyyāt))

  1. Alawi
Declension

Noun

عَلَوِيّ • (ʕalawiyy) m, plural عَلَوِيُّون‎ (ʕalawiyyūn), feminine عَلَوِيَّة‎ (ʕalawiyya)

  1. Alawite
Declension
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: علوى‎ (“alevi”)
  • → Spanish: alauí
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