باب عالی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A Persian ezafe construct from Arabic words, literally meaning "Exalted Gate", also compare Persian عالی قاپو used by safavids.

Proper noun

باب عالی • (Babıali)

1. 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