علي

From the root ع ل ي‎ (ʕ-l-y).

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʿall-, *ʿaly- (“to be high; exalted”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿal-, *ʿVl(ay)- (“to be high, tall; to rise, ascend”).

Cognate with Hebrew עָלָה‎ (ʿalá, “to ascend, rise, grow, develop”), Hebrew עלי‎ (ʿeli, “ascent”) and thereby Eli.

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.li.ja/
• Rhymes: -ijj

عَلِيَ • (ʕaliya) I, non-past يَعْلَى‎‎ (yaʕlā)

1. (intransitive) to be exalted, high
2. (intransitive) to excel, to stand out

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From the root ع ل و‎ (ʕ-l-w) or ع ل ي‎ (ʕ-l-y).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.lijj/

عَلِيّ • (ʕaliyy) (feminine عَلِيَّة‎ (ʕaliyya), masculine plural عَلِيُّونَ‎ (ʕaliyyūna) or عِلْيَة‎ (ʕilya), feminine plural عَلِيَّات‎ (ʕaliyyāt), elative أَعْلَىٰ‎ (ʔaʕlā))

1. high, tall[1]
2. exalted, lofty, excellent

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• عَالٍ‎ (ʕālin)

• → Ottoman Turkish: علی‎ (alî)
• → Persian: علی‎ ('ali)

(via feminine form عَلِيَّة‎ (ʕaliyya)):

• → Ottoman Turkish: علیه‎ (aliyye)
  • Turkish: aliyye
• → Persian: علیه‎ ('aliyye)

عَلِيّ • (ʕaliyy) m

1. a male given name, Ali
2. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Ali's marriage to the Islamic prophet's daughter, Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, recognized as the Islamic prophet's fourth rightly-guided successor in most of Sunni Islam and as the Islamic prophet's first legitimate successor in most of Shia Islam

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• عَلَوِيّ‎ (ʕalawiyy)

• → Azerbaijani: Əli
• → Bengali: আলী (alī)
• → English: Ali
• → Bashkir: Ғәли (Ğəli)
• → Northern Luri: عںڵی‎ (əłi)
• → Persian: علی‎ ('ali)
• → Somali: Cali
• → Swahili: Ali
• → Tatar: Гали (Ğali)
• → Turkish: Ali

From the root ع ل ي‎ (ʕ-l-y).

• IPA^(key): /ʕalj/

عَلْي • (ʕaly) m

1. verbal noun of عَلَى‎ (ʕalā) (form I).

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From the root ع ل ي‎ (ʕ-l-y).

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.li.ja/

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of عَلَا‎ (ʕalā)

From the root ع ل ي‎ (ʕ-l-y).

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.li.ja/

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of عَلَى‎ (ʕalā)

From عَلَى‎ (“on”) +‎ ـيَ‎ (“me”).

• IPA^(key): /ʕalaj.ja/

علي • (ʕalayya)

1. on me

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• IPA^(key): /ʕali/

عَلِي • (ʕali) m

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /ʕal.li/

علي • (ʕalli)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of عَلَّى‎ (ʕalla)

   raise!

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• IPA^(key): /ʕi.li/, [ˈʕi.li]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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علي • (ʕili) I (present بعلى‎ (biʕla))

1. to rise (the volume, one's voice, etc.)

   Antonym: وطي‎ (wiṭi)