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[Appendix:Variations of "eli"]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
[en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en]; cognate to the Arabic-derived Ali.
**** Proper noun
[en-proper noun]
1. [en] of Biblical origin.
2. [en] [en] The priest who brought up Samuel .
***** Translations
[male given name]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Breton: [br]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Persian: [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
[trans-bottom]
[the priest who brought up Samuel]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From the name of Elihu Yale.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A student at Yale University .
***** Synonyms
- [en]
*** Etymology 3
Short versions of male given names.
**** Proper noun
[en-proper noun]
1. [en] .
2. [en] .
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Faroese
*** Pronunciation
- [fo]
*** Proper noun
[fo]
1. [fo]
**** Usage notes
[m]
**** Declension
[Eli]
** Italian
*** Etymology
From [it], ultimately from [it].
*** Pronunciation
[Èli]
*** Proper noun
[m]
1. [it]
** Norwegian
*** Proper noun
[no]
1. [no] , a popular short form of Elin ( Helen )
** Old English
*** Pronunciation
- [Eli]
*** Proper noun
[m]
1. [ang]
** Portuguese
*** Etymology
[pt], from [pt].
*** Pronunciation
[Èli]
*** Proper noun
[m]
1. [pt]
2. [pt] [en] [priest who brought up Samuel]