Aladdin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Alauddin.
  2. Alternative form of Alaeddin.
  3. 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.
  4. The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story.

Pronunciation

/əˈlædɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aladdin.wav

Word forms

Aladdin

Etymology

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

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