علی

See also: علي, على, غلى, and غلي

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʔaˈli/

Proper noun

Dari علی
Iranian Persian
Tajik Алӣ (Alī)

علی ('ali)

  1. Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first imam of Shia Islam)
  2. a male given name, Ali, from Arabic
  • عبدالعلی (abd-ol-'ali)
  • علیقلی ('aliqoli)
  • غلامعلی (ğolâm'ali)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʔalɔ/, /ʔalaj/

Preposition

Dari علی
Iranian Persian
Tajik ало, алай- (alo, alay-)

علی ('alâ, 'aley-)

  1. upon, over, on (only used in borrowed Arabic phrases; see related terms below)

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

علی ('alī) m (Hindi spelling अली)

  1. Ali ibn Abi Talib
  2. a male given name, Ali, from Arabic

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā).

Pronunciation

Preposition

عَلیٰ or عَلَیـ ('alā or 'alay-)

  1. upon, over, on (only used in borrowed Arabic phrases; see related terms below)
  • صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم (sallā-llāhu 'alayhi wa-sallam)
  • علیٰ الاتصال ('alā-l-ittisāl)
  • علیٰ الاجمال ('alā-l-ijmāl)
  • علیٰ الاستمرار ('alā-l-istimrār)
  • علیٰ التواتر ('alā-t-tawātur)
  • علیٰ التوکل ('alā-t-tawakkul)
  • علیٰ الحساب ('alā-l-hisāb)
  • علیٰ السحر ('alā-s-sahar)
  • علیٰ الصباح ('alā-s-sabāh)
  • علیہ السلام ('alayhi-s-salām)
  • علیہم ('alayhim)
  • علیہما ('alayhumā)

Further reading

  • علی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), علی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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