ʿAbd al-Aʿlā
عبد الأعلى
Say it abd-ul-A-laa
Servant of the Most High
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-l-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Abdulala, Abdul A’la, Abdelaala
Meaning & source
Servant of the Most High: ʿ-l-w is height and rising (Ibn Fāris).
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[علو] العين واللام والحرف المعتل ياءً كان أو واواً أو ألفاً، أصلٌ واحد يدلُّ على السموّ والارتفاع، لا يشذُّ عنه شئ.
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā al-Sāmī of Basra al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 69 (vol. 9, p. 242)