আলভী

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani علوی / अलवी (alavī), from Classical Persian علوی ('alawī), from Arabic عَلَوِيّ (ʕalawiyy, related or pertaining to the caliph Ali).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /albʱi/, [ˈɐlbʱiˑ], [ˈɐlβiˑ], [ˈɐlviˑ]
  • IPA(key): /aləbʱi/, [ˈɐlᵊbʱiˑ], [ˈɐlᵊβiˑ], [ˈɐlᵊviˑ]

Proper noun

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আলভী (albhi)

  1. a male given name, Alvi, from Arabic