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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish علیه (ʿaleyh), from Arabic عَلَيْهِ (ʕalayhi, “upon him”), form of عَلَى (ʕalā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlejh/
- Hyphenation: a‧leyh
Noun
aleyh (definite accusative aleyhi, plural aleyhler)
- (chiefly in possessive, with dative or locative) Being in opposition, contrariness or detriment to or of someone or something.
- 1946 January 6, headline on page 1 of Cumhuriyet:
İki gazete aleyhine açılan davalar- Lawsuits filed against two newspapers
- Antonym: leh
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References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “علیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 859
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aleyh”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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