علي

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.

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

عَلِيَ • (ʕaliya) I (non-past يَعْلَى (yaʕlā), verbal noun عَلَاء (ʕalāʔ))

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

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

• 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 Shia Islam

• عَلَوِيّ (ʕalawiyy)

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

Ali's birthname:

Vocative phrases:

Honorifics & eulogies

Titles & kunyas:

Family (see also: Ahl al-Bayt):

Rashidun Caliphs:

Major Muslim sects & Khawarij (mainly divided on the issue of Ali):

Shi'a (Arabic for Partisans (of Ali)) sects:

Descriptions & slurs:

• IPA^(key): /ʕalj/

عَلْي • (ʕaly) m

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

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I) /ʕu.li.ja/

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

عُلِيَ • (ʕuliya) (form I) /ʕu.li.ja/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of عَلَى (ʕalā, “to climb”)

From Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya).

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.li/,

علي • (ʕili) I (non-past يعلى (yiʕla))

1. (intransitive) to rise, to be risen

   Antonym: وطي (wiṭi)

2. (intransitive) to be exalted, high

From عَلَى (“on”) +‎ ـيَ (“me”).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.laj.ja/

علي • (ʕalayya)

1. on me

From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.li/

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!

From Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya).

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.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)