apriti sesamo
Italian
Etymology
From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.pri.ti ˈsɛ.za.mo/
- Hyphenation: à‧pri‧ti‧sè‧sa‧mo
Phrase
apriti sesamo!
- open sesame!