A'la-Hazrat
A'la-Hazrat (Classical Persian: اعلیٰحضرت Aʿlā-Ḥażrat)[a] for a man, or 'Ulya-Hazrat (Classical Persian: علیاحضرت ʿUlyā-Ḥażrat)[b] for a woman, is a form of address used in the Persian language as well as in languages of the Persianate world including Turkic languages[c] and Urdu.[d] It is a compound of the words اعلیٰ aʿlā, from Arabic أعلى ʾaʿlā (feminine: عليا ʿulyā), and Persian حضرت ḥażrat, from Arabic حضرة ḥaḍra. Its literal meaning is 'the presence of the most high', and it is equivalent to Majesty in English.[1]
The form of address has also been used in reference to some Islamic scholars such as Shah Abdul Wahhab (born 1831) and Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921).
Notes
[edit]- ^ Iranian Persian transliteration: Aʿlâ-Ḥażrat; Tajik: Аълоҳазрат.
- ^ Iranian Persian transliteration: ʿOlyâ-Ḥażrat; Tajik: Улёҳазрат.
- ^ Azerbaijani: Əlahəzrət/Ülyahəzrət; Turkish: Alahazret/Ulyahazret; Uzbek: Aʼlohazrat/Ulyohazrat.
- ^ Urdu: اعلیٰ حضرت Aʿlā Ḥażrat / علیا حضرت ʿUlyā Ḥażrat.
References
[edit]- ^ Lambton, Ann K. S. (1954). Persian Vocabulary. p. 299.