عالی

عالی

See also: عالي‎ and غالي‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَالٍ‎ (ʿālin).

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))

1. 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?

2. excellent

   ‏بِسیار عالی اَست.‎‎ ― besyâr âli ast. ― It's excellent.

Derived terms

• جناب عالی‎ (jenâb-e âli)