Ali

See also: ali, áli, alî, Alì, ali-, and -ali

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي‎ (ʿ-l-y).

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​ commonly used by Muslims.
Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æli

Proper noun

Ali (plural Alis)

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ali ?

  1. A male given name, equivalent to Ali.

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy) 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)
nominative Ali Alit
genitive Alin Alien
partitive Alia Aleja
illative Aliin Aleihin
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 Alille Aleille
essive Alina Aleina
translative Aliksi Aleiksi
instructive — Alein
abessive Alitta Aleitta
comitative — Aleineen

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Àli m

  1. Ali (son-in-law of Muhammad)
  2. A male given name: Ali

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ali m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ali

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali

  1. A male given name

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali

  1. A male given name.
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