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Given name · Hindi

अली

अली (alī) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Hindi.

HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Ali.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

अली comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Classical Persian عَلِی, from Arabic عَلِيّ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

अली’s family of names

In Hindi usage, अली has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ali. In Hindi usage, अली has a transliteration in alī.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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