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): /ˌa.pri.ti ˈsɛ.za.mo/
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