Aaliyah /aa-liyah/ [3 sylls.] as a name for girls. Aaliyah's root is Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Aaliyah is exalted, sublime.Aaliyah is an alternate spelling, with the suffix-h, of Aliya (Hebrew): made popular by late singer Aaliyah. Kreatif forms: Anliyah, Araliyah, Arliyah.aliyah's root is Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Aaliyah is exalted, sublime. Aaliyah is an alternate spelling, with the suffix-h, of Aliya (Hebrew): made popular by late singer Aaliyah.
quarter(noun) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour. it's a quarter til 4; a quarter after 4 o'clock. quarter(noun) one of four periods into which the school year is divided. the fall quarter ends at Christmas.
When I ask the time and someone tells me it's a quarter of six what does that mean? Where did that language originate? I know 'quarter to', or 'quarter til' or 'quarter after', but where did 'quarter of' come from? May 19 2008 19:06:53.