علي
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علي¹
- /ʕa.li.ja/
Rhymes with -ijj
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʕall-, *ʕaly- (“to be high; exalted”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, *ʕVl(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.
verb عَلِيَ · ʕaliya · يَعْلَى · عَلَاء · عَلِيّ
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to be exalted, high
عَلِيَ ٱلْقَمَرُ فِي سَمَاءِ ٱللَّيْلِ
Similar: عَلَا
- to excel, to stand out عَلِيَ فِي ٱلْمَجْدِ وَٱلْمَكَارِمِ
علي²
- /ʕa.lijj/
Where it comes from
From the root ع ل ي (ʕ l y).
adjective عَلِيّ · ʕaliyy · عَلِيَّة · عَلِيُّون · عِلْيَة · عَلِيَّات
- high, tall
- exalted, lofty, excellent
Similar: عَالٍ
proper noun عَلِيّ · ʕaliyy · - · عَلِي
- a male given name, Ali
- 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 Shia Islam
علي³
- /ʕalj/
noun عَلْي · ʕaly · الْعَلْي · عَلْيٌ
- verbal noun of عَلَى (ʕalā) (form I)
Thesaurus
adjective
Similar: عَالٍ
In English
- Ali male given name from Arabic
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