The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromعلي بابا
- English todayAli Baba
From Arabic علي بابا. The use of Ali Baba to designate a type of container originates from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (see the use as proper noun below), suggesting the appearance of the oil jars in which the thieves hide in the story.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.