Höga porten

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Ottomanska porten
• Porten

Etymology

Defininte form of hög (“high”) +‎ port (“door, doorway, entrance”), used in Swedish at least since 1708. Ultimately a calque of باب عالی (Babıali).

Proper noun

Höga porten c

1. the Sublime Porte, the High Porte, the Ottoman imperial government

References

• port in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Porten in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1915)