علي

Meaning

Verb

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

Adj

1. high, tall
2. exalted, lofty, excellent

Name

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

Noun

verbal noun of عَلَى (ʕalā) (form I)

Concepts

Ali

above me

high

on

🔛

prominent

raise

Shi’a

supreme

tall

ali

Muhammad Ali

causality

Cassius Marcellus Clay

Cassius Clay

upper room

Alyson

Synonyms

طويل

عالي

مرتفع

عال

Translations

Ali

Alì

Ali

Ali

ψηλός

grand

haut

altus

alto

alto

Muhammad Ali

alt

ali

Muhammad Ali

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʕa.li.ja/

Etymology

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.