आला

See also: आलु, आलू, आले, and आलं

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎, from Arabic أَعْلَى‎ (ʔaʕlā), elative degree of عَالٍ‎ (ʕālin) and عَلِيّ‎ (ʕaliyy).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɑː/, [äː.l̪äː]

Adjective

आला • (ālā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اعلى‎)

supreme, chief, head
Synonyms: उत्तम (uttam), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)

Derived terms

वज़ीर-ए-आला (vazīr-e-ālā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Verb

आला • (ālā) m

third-person masculine singular of आले (āle, “came”), which is the perfective of येणे (yeṇe, “to come”)

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