عالی‌جناب

See also: عالیجناب

Persian

Alternative forms

• عالیجناب ('âlijanâb)

Etymology

From عالی ('âli) +‎ جناب (janâb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.liː.d͡ʒa.ˈnɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.liː.d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.liː.d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.liː.d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.li.d͡ʒä.nɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.liː.d͡ʒæ.nɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.li.d͡ʒä.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	ālī-janāḇ
Dari reading?	ālī-janāb
Iranian reading?	âli-janâb
Tajik reading?	oli-janob

Noun

Dari	عالی‌جناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	олиҷаноб

عالی‌جناب • ('âli-janâb)

1. Excellency

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: alicənab
• → Gujarati: આલીજનાબ (ālījnāb)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عالیجناب
  • Turkish: alicenap
• → Turkmen: alyjenap
• → Uyghur: ئالىجاناپ (alijanap)
• → Uzbek: olijanob

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عالی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim