Aladdin

Aladdin

English

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَاءُ الدِّين‎ (ʿalāʾu d-dīn, “nobility of the faith”).

Aladdin in a Magic Garden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlædɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ædɪn

Proper noun

Aladdin

1. (obsolete or archaic)
   1. Alternative form of Alauddin
      • 1876, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History and Conquests of the Saracens: Six Lectures Delivered Before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution:

        Aladdin, of the former dynasty [Khilji], subdued nearly all the Deccan, about 1312; [...]

   2. Alternative form of Alaeddin
      • 1912, Alexander W. Hidden, The Ottoman Dynasty, page 12:

        Orkhan, valuing his brother's knowledge, appointed him Grand Vizier. Aladdin was not an expert in warlike affairs, and turned his attention to the internal improvement of the dominion [...]

2. An Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave; often adapted into comic pantomime in Britain
3. The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story

Derived terms

• (3): Aladdin's cave

Translations

the Arabic tale

Arabic: عَلَاء الدِّين‎ (ʿalāʾ ad-dīn) Bengali: আলাউদ্দীন (alauddīn) Italian: Aladino (it) Persian: علاءالدین‎ (alâ'oddin) Portuguese: Aladim Spanish: Aladino (es) Tagalog: Aladino

the fictional young man

Arabic: عَلَاء الدِّين‎ m (ʿalāʾ ad-dīn) Armenian: Ալադին (Aladin) Bengali: আলাউদ্দীন (alauddīn) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿拉丁 (zh) (Ālādīng) Esperanto: Aladino French: Aladin m Georgian: ალადინი (aladini) German: Aladin (de) m Greek: Αλαντίν (el) m (Alantín) Hebrew: אלאדין‎ m (aladín), אלדין‎ m (aladín) Hindi: अलादीन m (alādīn) Japanese: アラジン (Arajin) Korean: 알라딘 (Alladin) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: Aladinas Persian: علاءالدین‎ (alâ'oddin) Polish: Aladyn (pl) m Portuguese: Aladim m Romanian: Aladin m Russian: Аладди́н (ru) m (Aladdín) Thai: อะลาดิน (à-laa-din) Uyghur: ئالاۋىدىن‎ (alawidin)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Aladdin m

1. Alternative spelling of Aladim