"Ali Baba" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Audio: En-au-Ali Baba.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā). 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|عَلِيّ بَابَا}} Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Ali Baba}} Ali Baba
  1. 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". Categories (topical): Arabic fiction, Fictional characters, People Derived forms: Ali Baba bag
    Sense id: en-Ali_Baba-en-name--4tQtfxL Disambiguation of Arabic fiction: 69 4 22 5 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 74 6 11 9 Disambiguation of People: 47 7 44 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 11 12 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 16 18 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 11 17 13

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-Ali Baba.ogg [Australia] Forms: Ali Babas [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā). 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|عَلِيّ بَابَا}} Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Ali Baba}} Ali Baba (plural Ali Babas)
  1. (slang) An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Ali_Baba-en-noun-4~hVZRJP
  2. (slang, ethnic slur, US, military) An Iraqi. Tags: US, ethnic, slang, slur Categories (topical): Military, People Translations (a fictional character): عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā) [masculine] (Arabic), Ալի-Բաբա (Ali-Baba) (Armenian), আলী বাবা (alī baba) (Bengali), 阿里巴巴 (Ālǐbābā) (Chinese Mandarin), Alibaba [masculine] (Czech), Ali Baba (Danish), Ali Babo (Esperanto), Ali Baba [masculine] (French), ალი ბაბა (ali baba) (Georgian), Αλή Μπαμπά (Alí Bampá) [masculine] (Greek), Αλί Μπαμπά (Alí Bampá) [masculine] (Greek), עלי באבא ('ali baba) [masculine] (Hebrew), अली बाबा (alī bābā) [masculine] (Hindi), Alí Baba [masculine] (Icelandic), Alì Babà [masculine] (Italian), アリババ (Aribaba) (Japanese), 알리바바 (Allibaba) (Korean), Алибаба (Alibaba) (Macedonian), Али Баба (Ali Baba) (Macedonian), अली बाबा (alī bābā) [masculine] (Marathi), علی بابا ('ali bâbâ) (Persian), Ali Baba [masculine] (Polish), Ali Babá [masculine] (Portuguese), Али́-Баба́ (Alí-Babá) [masculine] (Russian), Alí Babá [masculine] (Spanish), Алибобо (Alibobo) (Tajik), อาลีบาบา (aa-lii-baa-baa) (Thai), Ali Baba (Turkish), علی بابا ('alī bābā) [masculine] (Urdu), ئەلى بابا (eli baba) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Ali_Baba-en-noun-IAW9tbXt Disambiguation of People: 47 7 44 2 Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'a fictional character': 17 51 32
  3. (chiefly 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. Tags: attributive
    Sense id: en-Ali_Baba-en-noun-ArC1dBn1

Proper name [Polish]

IPA: /ˈa.li ˈba.ba/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Ali Baba [nominative, singular], Ali Baby [genitive, singular], Ali Babie [dative, singular], Ali Babę [accusative, singular], Ali Babą [instrumental, singular], Ali Babie [locative, singular], Ali Babo [singular, vocative]
Rhymes: -aba Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pl|ar|عَلِيّ بَابَا|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā), {{bor+|pl|ar|عَلِيّ بَابَا}} Borrowed from Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʕaliyy bābā) Head templates: {{pl-prop|m-pr|head=Ali Baba}} Ali Baba m pers Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-pr|tantum=s}}
  1. 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”) Tags: masculine, person Categories (topical): Arabic fiction, Fairy tale characters

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Ալի-Բաբա"
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      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "word": "আলী বাবা"
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      "word": "阿里巴巴"
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      "word": "Ali Baba"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ali baba",
      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "word": "ალი ბაბა"
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      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a fictional character",
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      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Alí Baba"
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      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Alì Babà"
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      "roman": "Aribaba",
      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "word": "アリババ"
    },
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      "roman": "Allibaba",
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      "word": "알리바바"
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      "word": "अली बाबा"
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      "roman": "'ali bâbâ",
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      "word": "علی بابا"
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      "word": "Али́-Баба́"
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      "roman": "aa-lii-baa-baa",
      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "word": "อาลีบาบา"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "word": "Ali Baba"
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      "roman": "'alī bābā",
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      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "eli baba",
      "sense": "a fictional character",
      "word": "ئەلى بابا"
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