باب عالی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A Persian ezafe construct from Arabic words, literally meaning "Exalted Gate".

Proper noun

باب عالی • (Babıali)

Sublime Porte, the Ottoman government or its seat of power.

Descendants

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

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “Babıali”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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