Höga porten
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Defininte form of hög (“high”) + port (“door, doorway, entrance”), used in Swedish at least since 1708. Ultimately a calque of باب عالی (Babıali).
Proper noun edit
- the Sublime Porte, the High Porte, the Ottoman imperial government
References edit
- port in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Porten in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1915)