Ali

See also ali, and ALI

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Aly

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æli, -ɑːli

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name, derived from the Arabic root `-l-y which means "paramount".
2. The Muslim caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, the rejection and assassination of whom, led to the schism between Sunni and Shiite branches. Arabic:(علي بن ابي طالب)
3. A Muslim surname
4. A diminutive of the female given names Alison, Alyson, Allyson or Allison, also spelled Allie.

Translations

male given name from Arabic

Arabic: علي (ar) (`aliy) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 阿里 (cmn) (Ālǐ) Dutch: Ali (nl) Finnish: Ali (fi) French: Ali (fr) m.

German: Ali (de) m. Hebrew: אל (he) (Eli) Italian: Alì (it) m. Japanese: アリ (ja) (Ari) Russian: Али (ru) (Alí) m. Turkish: Ali (tr)

References

• (given name etymology) archived Wikipedia article, a March 2005 version

See also

• Wikipedia list of people by name (section containing "Ali")

Anagrams

• ail
• lai, Lai

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Dutch

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name of Arabic origin, equivalent to Ali.

Anagrams

• Lia

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Finnish

Etymology

Cognate to English Ali as a Muslim name. Also a rare diminutive form of Finnish Aleksanteri.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑli
• IPA: [ˈɑli]
• Hyphenation: A‧li

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Ali (type risti) singular plural nominative Ali Alit genitive Alin Alien partitive Alia Aleja accusative Ali Alin Alit inessive Alissa Aleissa elative Alista Aleista illative Aliin Aleihin adessive Alilla Aleilla ablative Alilta Aleilta allative Alille Aleille essive Alina Aleina translative Aliksi Aleiksi instructive – Alein abessive Alitta Aleitta comitative – Aleineen

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Turkish

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name.