علنی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَنِيّ (ʕalaniyy), from عَلَنَ (ʕalana).

Adjective

علنی • (aleni)

1. public, open

Related terms

• علناً (alenen, “publicly, openly”)

Descendants

• Turkish: aleni

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aleni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “علنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1318

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَنِيّ (ʕalaniyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.la.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.læ.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	alanī
Dari reading?	alanī
Iranian reading?	alani
Tajik reading?	alanī

Adjective

علنی • (alani)

1. public, open

   Synonym: آشکارا (âškârâ)

   جلسۀ علنی ― jalase-ye alani ― public meeting

   • mid-1100s, Sōzan⁠ī of Samarqand, “Panegyric 179”, in دیوان سوزنی‎^[2]:

     همه نهاد تو و رسم و سان و سیرت تو
     ستودنی و ستوده است سری و علنی

     hama nihād-i tu u rasm u sān u sīrat-i tu
     sutūdanī u sutūda ast sirrī u alanī

     All your nature and your customs and manner and conduct
     Are praiseworthy and praised, in secret and in open.

     (Classical romanization)

Derived terms

• علنی شدن (alani šodan, “to become public”)
• علنی کردن (alani kardan, “to make public”)