Ali

Etymology 1
From, from the Arabic root.

Proper noun

 * 1) The Muslim caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's successor.
 * 1) The Muslim caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's successor.

Translations

 * Amharic: ዓሊ
 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: 𐡏𐡋𐡉
 * Syriac: ܥܠܝ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: Ғәли
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Eljo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hausa: Ali
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Italian: Alì
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: Әли
 * Korean: ^알리
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: Аалы, Али
 * Malay: Ali
 * Marathi: अली
 * Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩡𐩺
 * Pashto: علي
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Ali
 * Russian:
 * Somali: Cali
 * Spanish: Alí
 * Swahili: Ali
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu: అలీ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Алі́
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: ئەلى

Etymology 2
Shortening.

Proper noun

 * 1)  or of its variants.
 * 2)  or of its variants.

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.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.

Proper noun

 * , most common in the mid-twentieth century

Etymology 1
A diminutive form of Finnish.

Etymology 2
From as a Muslim name.

Proper noun

 * , practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants

Etymology
Eventually from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Ali name

Noun

 * 1)  a Muslim, especially Turkish, immigrant (or descendant of immigrants)

Usage notes

 * The use of as a placeholder name for an average Muslim immigrant is not necessarily pejorative, but the use as a common noun (as in ) usually is.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  son-in-law of Muhammad

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)   son-in-law of Muhammad

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
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Etymology
From, from.