Ali Baba
English
Etymology
From Arabic عَلِيّ بَابَا (ʿaliyy bābā).
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
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