Where does “અલી” come from?

અલી (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit आली, from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

અલી (Gujarati): Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam and the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Definitions

  1. Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam and the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Ancestry of “અલી”, step by step

અલી traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit आली

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritआलीline, row; stripe, line
2Proto-Dravidian*āḷ—

via Persian علی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianعلیhigh
2Arabicعَلِيّto be high, exalted; Ali; exalted, noble; to be...
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