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Ali
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Appendix:Variations of "ali"
English
Etymology 1
en ar ع ل ي
From en ar عَلِيّ high, exalted, from the Arabic root ع ل ي 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɑːli/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ali.wav Southern England
en ɑːli 2
Proper noun
s
en male Arabic.
en Q39619 en Islam The caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shiites to be Muhammad's first successor (imam).
en Haydar<qq:birth name and common epithet in Shiite literature>
en Arabic.
Derived terms
en Alid Alikhan Ali Baba Comical Ali Chemical Ali
Related terms
en Alawi Alawism Alawite Alawitism Alevi Alevism Alevite
Translations
male given name from Arabic
Amharic: am ዓሊ
Arabic: ar عَلِيّ m
Aramaic:
Hebrew script: arc 𐡏𐡋𐡉
Syriac: syc ܥܠܝ
Azerbaijani: az Əli
Bashkir: ba Ғәли
Bengali: bn আলী alī
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿里 Ālǐ
Dutch: nl Ali
Esperanto: eo Eljo
Finnish: fi Ali
French: fr Ali m
German: de Ali m
Hausa: ha Ali m
Hebrew: he עֵלִי m Elí
Hindi: hi अली m
Italian: it Alì m
Japanese: ja アリ Ari
Kazakh: kk Әли
Korean: ko ^알리
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Elî
Kyrgyz: ky Аалы, ky Али
Malay: ms Ali
Marathi: mr अली m
Old South Arabian: sem-srb 𐩲𐩡𐩺
Pashto: ps علي
Persian:
Dari: prs عَلِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira عَلی
Classical Persian: fa-cls عَلِی
Polish: pl Ali m
Portuguese: pt Ali m
Russian: ru Али́ m
Somali: so Cali
Spanish: es Alí m
Swahili: sw Ali
Tajik: tg Алӣ
Telugu: te అలీ
Turkish: tr Ali
Ottoman Turkish: ota عَلی ali
Ukrainian: uk Алі́ f
Urdu: ur عَلی m
Uyghur: ug ئەلى
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Alternative forms
en Aly, en Alee, en Allie
Pronunciation
en /ˈæli/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ali2.wav Southern England
en æli 2
Proper noun
s
en female Alison or of its variants.
en male Alistair or of its variants.
Etymology 3
en :bor cmn:阿里 + 1
Pronunciation
ä′lē′Ngari 1318 3
en A li
en
Proper noun
en Ngari: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
en 2000 Atsushi Kanamaru To Kailash Mapping the Tibetan World https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780970171603/ 1st Kotan Publishing 0-9701716-0-9 00-191717 769751049 136 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780970171603/page/136/ 1 The Ngari area is now known as the Ali Prefecture of the TAR. Commonly called Ali, the Chinese-built town of Shiquanhe is the administrative center of the area.Although the area of Ali Prefecture is around the same size as Italy or the state of Arizona (300,000 sq km), it is dominated by the barren Changthang Plateau and is sparsely populated with only approximately 70,000 people.
en 20 October 2012 Staring at the sun from the roof of the world w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20250602215812/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1065324/staring-sun-roof-world https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1065324/staring-sun-roof-world 2 June 2025 1563-9371 648902513 China Liu cursed the lifeless wasteland around them. This wasn't another planet, it was Ali prefecture, Tibet. Altitude: 4,500 metres. And these astronomers were on a mission.
en 16 July 2025 Ling Xin China joins US in hunt for ripples in spacetime with new telescope in Tibet w:South China Morning Post https://archive.ph/qqlDo https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3318387/china-joins-us-hunt-ripples-spacetime-new-telescope-tibet 16 July 2025 1563-9371 648902513 Science The Ali Cosmic Microwave Background Polarisation Telescope (AliCPT), perched at 5,250 metres (17,220 ft) in Tibet’s remote Ali prefecture, was finished this month after eight years of construction involving 16 institutions worldwide, including Stanford University, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
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References
Statistics
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
en ail -ial IAL LIA Lai ail lai
en heteronyms unisex given names
en Individuals Islam
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˈaːli/ /aːˈli/ less common
nl Nl-Ali.ogg
nl Ali
nl aːli
Etymology 1
From nl ar عَلِيّ.
Proper noun
m
nl male Arabic Ali
nl w:nl:Anton Beuving w:Harry Bannink Ajoen Ajoen https://www.discogs.com/master/503121-Wieteke-van-Dort-Weerzien-Met-Indi%C3%AB Weerzien met Indië w:Wieteke van Dort 1978 Ga niet baden daar in de kali / en ga niet trouwen daar in Pesapen / Laat je raden, m'n kleine Ali / wanneer ik jou met raad van dienst wil zijn Don't go bathing out there in the river / and don't get married out there in Pesapen / Take good counsel, my little Ali / when I wish to be of service to you with advice
Derived terms
nl Ali Chemicali
nl Ali en Fatima
Etymology 2
From nl Adelheid.
Proper noun
f
nl female Ethel, most common in the mid-twentieth century
nl w:Annie M.G. Schmidt Cor Lemaire Ali Cyaankali https://www.discogs.com/De-Familie-Doorsnee-De-Familie-Doorsnee/release/6713185 De Familie Doorsnee w:Lia Dorana 1956 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
Anagrams
nl Lia
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A diminutive form of fi Aleksanteri.
Proper noun
fi now rare fi male
Declension
Al a
Etymology 2
From fi ar عَلِيّ as a Muslim name.
Proper noun
fi male Arabic, practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants
Declension
Al a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2008 1743 250 813
References
German
Etymology
Eventually from de ar عَلِيّ.
Pronunciation
de /ˈaːli/
de De-Ali.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m
Ali name
Noun
m,,s
de informal usually derogatory a Muslim, especially Turkish, immigrant (or descendant of immigrants)
Usage notes
The use of de Ali as a placeholder name for an average Muslim immigrant is not necessarily pejorative, but the use as a common noun (as in de irgendein Ali, die Alis) usually is.
See also
de Aische female equivalent
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from ha ar عَلِيّ.
Pronunciation
àli
Proper noun
m Àli
en Ali son-in-law of Muhammad
ha male Ali
ha Individuals
Indonesian
Etymology
From id ar عَلِيّ high, exalted, from the Arabic root ع ل ي 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id male Arabic Ali
Ali ibn Abi Talib son-in-law of Muhammad
Latin
Etymology
la Alī :bor ar:عَلِيّ + 1
Proper noun
m ((Alī/Al<3.I.acc-im.abl-i>,Alī<0>))
la post-classical en Ali son-in-law of Muhammad
la post-classical la male Ali
Declension
((Alī/Al<3.I.acc-im.abl-i>,Alī<0>)) 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)
la Individuals
Maranao
Alternative forms
mrw Cali
Etymology
mrw :bor ar:عَلِيّ<lit:high, exalted> + 1
Proper noun
mrw male Arabic
mrw Arabic
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Ali.wav ali
Etymology 1
pl 1
Proper noun
m-pr
pl rare pl male Ali
Declension
Alowie
Etymology 2
pl 1
Proper noun
pl proper noun form f
pl Ala gen//dat//loc s
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :inh roa-opt:Ali<ety:uder<ar:عَلِيّ>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
pt male Arabic Ali
Swahili
Etymology
sw :bor ar:عَلِيّ + 1
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Ali.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw male Arabic
Tausug
Etymology
tsg :bor ar:عَلِيّ<lit:high, exalted> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tsg male Arabic
Thao
Proper noun
ssf proper noun
ssf female
References
Turkish
Etymology
tr :inh ota:علی<tr:ʿAlī> 2 1
Pronunciation
tr i 2
Proper noun
tr male Arabic
Ali ibn Abi Talib ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Ali's marriage to the Islamic prophet's daughter, Fatimah al-Zahra Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, recognized as the Islamic prophet's fourth rightly-guided successor in most of Sunni Islam and as the Islamic prophet's first legitimate successor in Shia Islam. Usually used with honorary title (Hazreti or Hz.) before the name, Hz. Ali