Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A male given name from Arabic. · The caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shiites to be Muhammad's first successor (imam). · A surname from Arabic.
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ l y).
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