Ali Baba

Alibaba Ālǐbābā ali baba Alí Baba Ali Babá Alí Babá Alì Babà Ali Babą English Etymology From en ar علي بابا. The use of Ali Baba to designate a type of container originates from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (see the use as proper noun below), suggesting the appearance of the oil jars in which the thieves hide in the story. Pronunciation en /ˈælɪˌbɑbə/ en En-au-Ali Baba.ogg - Proper noun Ali Baba 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". Derived terms en Ali Baba bag Noun Ali Baba en slang An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance. en slang ethnic slur US military An Iraqi. en mostly attributive A large container, such as a jar or a basket, with a flat base and usually a rounded body that tapers to a narrower neck. en 2009 Daniel H. Usner, Jr., Indian Work: Language and Livelihood in Native American History Martha Reinhard Smallwood Field [Catherine Cole, pseud.] The Story of the Old French Market ca. 1916, no pagination Harvard University Press 9780674033498 101 Towering over all these are the huge Ali Baba baskets, square at the bottom, round at the top, and fitted with square covers that pull down like a Dutch smoker's cap. en 11 May 2004 16 Apr 2023 Sgt Len Scott RAPC My Billets in Algiers: A Pub, a Casino and a Bank BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/18/a2621918.shtml We found little piles in the oddest places - the oddest being within an Ali Baba jar some six feet high. https://web.archive.org/web/20250520133032/https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/18/a2621918.shtml 20 May 2025 en 2020 Marchell Abrahams Angels at Twenty Past 7 Troubador Publishing 9781838594428 Behind what looked like—but surely couldn't be—an oversized Ali Baba laundry basket dribbling earth and pebbles over the floor, peeped a save. en 2003 2010 Nigel Slater Toast Duckling à l’orange Fourth Estate 9780007393619 And don’t forget to put your dirty clothes in the Ali Baba. Translations a fictional character Arabic: ar عَلِيّ بَابَا m Armenian: hy Ալի-Բաբա Bengali: bn আলী বাবা alī baba Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿里巴巴 Czech: cs Alibaba m Danish: da Ali Baba Esperanto: eo Ali Babo French: fr Ali Baba m Georgian: ka ალი ბაბა Greek: el Αλή Μπαμπά m, el Αλί Μπαμπά m Hebrew: he עלי באבא m 'ali baba Hindi: hi अली बाबा m Icelandic: is Alí Baba m Italian: it Alì Babà m Japanese: ja アリババ Aribaba Korean: ko ^알리바바 Latvian: lv Macedonian: mk Алибаба, mk Али Баба Marathi: mr अली बाबा m Persian: fa علی بابا 'ali bâbâ Polish: pl Ali Baba m Portuguese: pt Ali Babá m Russian: ru Али́-Баба́ m Slovak: sk Spanish: es Alí Babá m Tajik: tg Алибобо Thai: th อาลีบาบา Turkish: tr Ali Baba Urdu: ur علی بابا m 'alī bābā Uyghur: ug ئەلى بابا en eponyms en Arabic fiction Fictional characters People Indonesian Etymology From id Ali Baba, likely from a id sistem ekonomi Ali Baba 1, coined by the First Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet. Ali is an Indonesian name, derived from Arabic ar عَلِيّ, Baba is a clipping of Baba-Nyonya, an Indonesian term to refer to the Peranakan Chinese. Pronunciation Noun - a government-backed economic system characterised with the cooperation between native and ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs. Polish pl: thumb|Ali Baba Etymology pl :bor ar:عَلِيّ بَابَا + 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Ali Baba.wav;LL-Q809 (pol)-KaMan-Ali Baba.wav Proper noun m-pr Ali Baba en Ali Baba 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” Declension s Further reading pl Arabic fiction Fairy tale characters