Ali
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ-l-y).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ali (plural Alis)
- A male given name from Arabic.
- The Muslim caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's successor.
- A surname from Arabic.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Shortening.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ali (plural Alis)
- A diminutive of the female given name Alison or of its variants.
- A diminutive of the male given name Alistair or of its variants.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ali is the 559th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 60,002 individuals. Ali is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (42.91%), Black (30.71%) and White (17.33%) individuals.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Ali m
- a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Ali
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Adelheid.
Proper noun edit
Ali f
- a female given name, most common in the mid-twentieth century
- 1956, “Ali Cyaankali”, in Annie M.G. Schmidt (lyrics), Cor Lemaire (music), De Familie Doorsnee[1], performed by Lia Dorana:
- Ik ben Ali Cyaankali / De gevaarlijke vrouw van Rotterdam / En kijk ik es fijn gaan / Op de Lijnbaan / Ik zet iedereen in vuur en vlam
- I am Cyanide Ali / The dangerous woman of Rotterdam / And look at me swaggering / About the Lijnbaan / I set everyone's heart on fire
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Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
A diminutive form of Finnish Aleksanteri.
Proper noun edit
Ali
- (now rare) a male given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Ali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | Alitta | Aleitta | ||
instructive | — | Alein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy) as a Muslim name.
Proper noun edit
Ali
- a male given name from Arabic, practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants
Declension edit
Inflection of Ali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | Alitta | Aleitta | ||
instructive | — | Alein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- Ali is the 274th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,699 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,396 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 620 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Etymology edit
Eventually from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ali m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alis)
- Ali (name)
Noun edit
Ali m (strong, genitive Alis, plural Alis)
- (informal, usually derogatory) a Muslim, especially Turkish, immigrant (or descendant of immigrants)
Usage notes edit
- The use of Ali as a placeholder name for an average Muslim immigrant is not necessarily pejorative, but the use as a common noun (as in irgendein Ali, die Alis) usually is.
See also edit
- Aische (female equivalent)
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Àli m
- Ali (son-in-law of Muhammad)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Ali
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Proper noun edit
Alī m sg (variously declined, genitive Alis or Alī); indeclinable, third declension
- (post-classical) Ali (son-in-law of Muhammad)
- (post-classical) a male given name, equivalent to English Ali
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī) or indeclinable noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Alī |
Genitive | Alis Alī |
Dative | Alī |
Accusative | Alim Alī |
Ablative | Alī |
Vocative | Alī |
For genitive and accusative see e.g. D. Anton Friedrich Büsching, Magazin für die neue Historie und Geographie, vol. 17 (at Google Books, pages 14, 57 and 62)
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Ali m pers
- (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Ali
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun edit
Ali f
Further reading edit
- Ali in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese Ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ali m
- a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Ali
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun edit
Ali
- a male given name
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish علی (Ali), from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Proper noun edit
Ali
- a male given name from Arabic