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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
A Persian ezafe construct from Arabic words, literally meaning "Exalted Gate", also compare Persian عالی قاپو used by safavids.
Proper noun
باب عالی • (Babıali)
- Sublime Porte, the Ottoman government or its seat of power.
Descendants
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “Babıali”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN