आलीशान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, “exalted, noble”) + شَأْن (šaʔn, “glory, dignity”). Analyzable as आली (ālī) +‎ शान (śān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.liː.ʃɑːn/, [äː.liː.ʃä̃ːn]

Adjective

आलीशान • (ālīśān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling علی شان)

1. magnificent, glorious, spectacular

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलीशान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press