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Ali_Baba

Ali Baba

See also: Ali Babá and Alì Babà

English

Proper noun

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".
(slang) An extremely lucky person, especially one who acquires a large fortune by luck or by chance.
(slang, ethnic slur, US, military) An Iraqi.

Translations

a fictional character

Arabic: عَلِيّ بَابَا m ‎(ʿaliyy bābā)
Armenian: Ալի-Բաբա ‎(Ali-Baba)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿里巴巴 (zh) ‎(Ālǐbāba)
Czech: Alibaba m
French:
Georgian: ალი ბაბა ‎(ali baba)
Greek: Αλή Μπαμπά m ‎(Alí Bampá)
Hebrew: עלי באבא m ‎('ali baba)
Hindi: अली बाबा m ‎(alī bābā)
Icelandic:
Italian: Alì Babà m

Japanese: アリババ ‎(Aribaba)
Korean: 알리 바바 ‎(Alli Baba)
Latvian:
Marathi: अली बाबा m ‎(alī bābā)
Persian: علی بابا ‎('Ali Bâbâ)
Polish: Ali Baba (pl) m
Portuguese: Ali Babá m
Russian: Али́-Баба́ m ‎(Alí-Babá)
Slovak:
Tajik: Алибобо ‎(Alibobo)
Thai: อาลีบาบา ‎(aalee baabaa)
Urdu: علی بابا m ‎('alī bābā)