باب عالی
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A Persian ezafe construct from Arabic words, literally meaning "Exalted Gate".
Proper noun[edit]
- Sublime Porte, the Ottoman government or its seat of power.
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: Babıali
- → Armenian: Պապը Ալի (Papə Ali)
- → Dutch: Hoge Porte (calque)
- → French: Sublime Porte (calque)
- → English: Sublime Porte
- → German: Hohe Pforte (calque)
- → Greek: Υψηλή Πύλη (Ypsilí Pýli) (calque)
- → Swedish: Höga porten (calque)
Further reading[edit]
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “Babıali”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN