Aladdin
Meanings
name
- Alternative form of Alauddin.
- Alternative form of Alaeddin.
- 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.
- The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Arabic عَلَاءُ الدِّين (ʕalāʔu d-dīn, “nobility of the faith”).
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