Ali

See also: ali

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Aly

Etymology

From Arabic علي.

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, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's successor.
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) 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)

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

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

Declension of Ali (Kotus type 5/risti)

		singular	plural
nominative		Ali	Alit
accusative	zero?	Ali	Alit
	normal	Alin
genitive		Alin	Alien
partitive		Alia	Aleja
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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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.