Ali Baba

See also: Ali Babá and Alì Babà

English

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا‎ (ʿaliyy bābā).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ali Baba

1. The fictional protagonist of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, famous for his encounter with forty thieves and their treasure trove cave that opens on the command "open sesame".
2. (slang) An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance.
3. (slang, ethnic slur, US, military) An Iraqi.

Translations

a fictional character

• Arabic: عَلِيّ بَابَا‎ m (ʿaliyy bābā)
• Armenian: Ալի-Բաբա (Ali-Baba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿里巴巴 (zh) (Ālǐbāba)

• Czech: Alibaba m
• Danish: Ali Baba
• French: Ali Baba m
• Georgian: ალი ბაბა (ali baba)
• Greek: Αλή Μπαμπά m (Alí Bampá)
• Hebrew: עלי באבא‎ m ('ali baba)
• Hindi: अली बाबा m (alī bābā)
• Icelandic: Alí Baba m
• Italian: Alì Babà m
• Japanese: アリババ (Aribaba)

• Korean: 알리바바 (Allibaba)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: अली बाबा m (alī bābā)
• Persian: علی بابا‎ ('ali bâbâ)
• Polish: Ali Baba (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ali Babá m
• Russian: Али́-Баба́ m (Alí-Babá)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Tajik: Алибобо (Alibobo)
• Thai: อาลีบาบา (aa-lii-baa-baa)
• Turkish: Ali Baba
• Urdu: علی بابا‎ m ('alī bābā)
• Uyghur: ئەلى بابا‎ (eli baba)