Aladdin

English

Etymology

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

Aladdin in a Magic Garden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlædɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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 (ʕalāʔ ad-dīn)
• Bengali: আলাউদ্দিন (alauddin), আলাদিন (aladin)
• Italian: Aladino (it)
• Persian:

  Dari: علاءالدین (alā'uddīn)

  Iranian Persian: علاءالدین (alâ'oddin)

• Polish: Aladyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: Aladim
• Spanish: Aladino (es)
• Tagalog: Aladino

the fictional young man

• Arabic: عَلَاء الدِّين m (ʕalāʔ ad-dīn)
• Armenian: Ալադին (Aladin)
• Bengali: আলাউদ্দিন (alauddin), আলাদিন (aladin)
• 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: Aladins m
• Lithuanian: Aladinas
• Persian:

  Dari: علاءالدین (alā'uddīn)

  Iranian Persian: علاءالدین (alâ'oddin)

• Polish: Aladyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: Aladim m
• Romanian: Aladin m
• Russian: Аладди́н (ru) m (Aladdín)
• Spanish: Aladino (es) m
• Thai: อะลาดิน (à-laa-din)
• Uyghur: ئالاۋىدىن (alawidin)
• Yiddish: אַלאַדין m (aladin)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈd͡ʒĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈdin/ [ɐ.lɐˈðin]

Proper noun

Aladdin m

1. Alternative spelling of Aladim