علوي

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عُلُوّ (ʕuluww, “height, grandeur”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), with a modified version of عُلُوّ (ʕuluww).

• IPA^(key): /ʕul.wijj/

عُلْوِيّ • (ʕulwiyy) (feminine عُلْوِيَّة (ʕulwiyya), masculine plural عُلْوِيُّونَ (ʕulwiyyūna), feminine plural عُلْوِيَّات (ʕulwiyyāt))

1. upper
2. high, lofty
3. roof, upstairs, overhead
4. sublime, exalted
5. heavenly, divine, celestial, astral, ethereal, empyreal

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “high, exalted; Ali”) +‎ ـَوـ (-aw-) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.la.wijj/

عَلَوِيّ • (ʕalawiyy) (feminine عَلَوِيَّة (ʕalawiyya), masculine plural عَلَوِيُّونَ (ʕalawiyyūna), feminine plural عَلَوِيَّات (ʕalawiyyāt))

1. Alawi

عَلَوِيّ • (ʕalawiyy) m (plural عَلَوِيُّونَ (ʕalawiyyūna), feminine عَلَوِيَّة (ʕalawiyya))

1. Alawite

• إِعْلَاء (ʔiʕlāʔ, “elevation, raising”)
• أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā, “higher, highest”)
• تَعْلِيَة (taʕliya, “elevation, raising”)
• عَالٍ (ʕālin, “high”)
• عَلَاء (ʕalāʔ, “nobility”)
• عَلَايَة (ʕalāya, “height”)
• عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”)
• عَلْيَاء (ʕalyāʔ, “loftiness”)
• عُلِّيَة (ʕulliya, “upper room”)
• عِلِّيُّون (ʕilliyyūn, “uppermost heaven”)
• مُتَعَالٍ (mutaʕālin, “high, exalted”)

• → Ottoman Turkish: علوى (“alevi”)
• → Spanish: alauí