تعالی

See also: تعالي and تعالى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic تَعَالٍ (taʕālin).

Noun

تعالی • (te'ali or ta'ali) (plural تعالیات)

1. becoming elevated, high, sublime; elevation, loftiness
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[1], page 8:

     […] استانبولدن اداره اولنان كورد تعالی جمعیتی واردی.

     […] İstanbul'dan idare olunan Kürd Teali Cemiyeti vardı.

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Descendants

• Turkish: teali

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teali”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تعالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 559
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic تَعَالَى (taʕālā).

Interjection

تعالی • (ta'ala)

1. May (His name) be exalted!

   الله تعالی — God, may He be exalted!

   حق تعالی — The True, may He be exalted!

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تعالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 559