Ali

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

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿalīy, 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​.

Translations

male given name from Arabic

• Amharic: ዓሊ (ʿali)
• Arabic: عَلِيّ‎ (ar) m (ʿaliyy)
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: 𐡏𐡋𐡉‎

  Syriac: ܥܠܝ‎

• Azerbaijani: Əli (az)
• Bashkir: Ғәли (Ğäli)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿里 (zh) (Ālǐ)

• Dutch: Ali (nl)
• Finnish: Ali (fi)
• French: Ali (fr) m
• German: Ali (de) m
• Hausa: Ali m
• Hebrew: עֵלִי‎ (he) m (elí), אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ m
• Italian: Alì m

• Japanese: アリ (Ari)
• Korean: 알리 (Alli)
• Kurdish: Elî (ku)
• Malay: Ali
• Marathi: अली m (alī)
• Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩡𐩺‎
• Pashto: علي‎
• Persian: علی‎ (fa) ('ali)
• Portuguese: Ali m
• Russian: Али́ (ru) m (Alí)
• Somali: Cali
• Swahili: Ali
• Telugu: అలీ (alī)
• Turkish: Ali (tr)
• Urdu: علی‎ (ur) m
• Uyghur: ئەلى‎ (eli)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Aly, Alee,

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æli

Proper noun

Ali (plural Alis)

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

Anagrams

• -ial, IAL, LIA, Lai, ail, lai

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːli/

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• Hyphenation: Ali
• Rhymes: -aːli

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali m

1. A male given name, equivalent to Ali.

Derived terms

• Ali Chemicali
• Ali en Fatima

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Proper noun

Ali m

1. A female given name, most common in the mid twentieth century.

Anagrams

• Lia

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Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy) as a Muslim name. Also a rare diminutive form of Finnish Aleksanteri.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑli
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑli/, [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

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Àli m

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈli/

Proper noun

Ali m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ali

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Proper noun

Ali

1. A male given name.