Type Word Usage Arabic Scripts عَلِيّ(Arabic) Meaning & History Arabic word meaning "lofty, sublime, high, exalted" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantsAli(Albanian) Ala, 'Ali, Ali, Aliya, Aliyah, Aliyya, Aliyyah(Arabic) Ali(Avar) Əli(Azerbaijani) Ali, Alija(Bosnian) Ali(Dhivehi) Ali(Indonesian) Ali, Aliya(Kazakh) 'Elî(Kurdish) Ali(Malay) Ali(Pashto) Ali(Persian) Cali(Somali) Aliya(Tatar) Ali, Aliye(Turkish) Ali(Urdu) Surname DescendantsAli(Arabic) Əliyev, Aliyev(Azerbaijani) Alinejad(Persian) Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 749. Entry updated February 4, 2020 ·