English Explanatory Dictionary

Ari

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, variant of Arieh (also transcribed as Aryeh, Arye).
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Arianna, Ariana, Ariel, Ariella, or Arielle, also used as a formal given name.
  3. A Papuan language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
  4. A town in Abruzzo, Italy.
  5. A village in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
  6. A village in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
  7. An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States.
  8. Alternative spelling of Aari (“a language of Ethiopia”)
name
  1. Abbreviation of Arizona.

Word forms

Ari

Etymology

Of the first sense, derives directly from Hebrew: אֲרִי (arí, “lion”); compare Yiddish: לייב (leyb, “Leib”), English: Leo, Leon, French: Léo, Léon, Czech: Lev, Polish: Lew, Russian: Лев (Lev), and Ukrainian: Лев (Lev).

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