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- Arabic · derived fromعَلَاءُ الدِّين“nobility of the faith”
- English todayAladdin
From Arabic عَلَاءُ الدِّين (ʕalāʔu d-dīn, “nobility of the faith”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aladdin
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Arabic عَلَاءُ الدِّين