Ali

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§English

Wikipedia

§Etymology 1

From Arabic علي.

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːli

§Proper noun

Ali (plural Alis)

1. A male given name.
2. The Muslim caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's successor.
3. A surname found among Muslims.

§Translations

male given name from Arabic

• Arabic: علي (ar) m (`aliy)
• Bashkir: Ғәли (Ğäli)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿里 (zh) (Ālǐ)

• Dutch: Ali (nl)
• Finnish: Ali (fi)
• French: Ali (fr) m
• German: Ali (de) m
• Hebrew: אל (he) (Eli)
• Italian: Alì m

• Japanese: アリ (Ari)
• Malay: Ali
• Marathi: अली m (alī)
• Persian: علی (fa) ('Ali)
• Portuguese: Ali m
• Russian: Али (ru) m (Alí)
• Somali: Cali
• Swahili: Ali
• Turkish: Ali (tr)

§Etymology 2

§Alternative forms

• Aly

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æli

§Proper noun

Ali (plural Alis)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Alison/Allison or its variants; compare Allie.

§Anagrams

• ail
• lai, Lai

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§Dutch

§Etymology

From Arabic علي.

§Pronunciation

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§Proper noun

Ali ?

1. A male given name, equivalent to Ali.

§Anagrams

• Lia

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§Finnish

§Etymology

From Arabic علي as a Muslim name. Also a rare diminutive form of Finnish Aleksanteri.

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑli
• IPA^(key): [ˈɑli]
• Hyphenation: A‧li

§Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name.

§Declension

Inflection of Ali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		Ali	Alit
accusative	nom.?	Ali	Alit
	gen.	Alin
genitive		Alin	Alien
partitive		Alia	Aleja
inessive		Alissa	Aleissa
elative		Alista	Aleista
illative		Aliin	Aleihin
adessive		Alilla	Aleilla
ablative		Alilta	Aleilta
allative		Alilleˣ	Aleilleˣ
essive		Alina	Aleina
translative		Aliksi	Aleiksi
instructive		—	Alein
abessive		Alitta	Aleitta
comitative		—	Aleineen

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§Portuguese

§Proper noun

Ali m

1. Ali (male given name from Arabic)

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§Swahili

§Etymology

From Arabic علي.

§Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name

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§Turkish

§Etymology

From Arabic علي.

§Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name.