الله أكبر

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Arabic

Flag of 1930s Waziristan (Pakistan) resistance movement: الله أكبر
Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر

Etymology

اللّٰه (allāh, God, Allah) + أَكْبَر (ʔakbar), the elative of كَبِير (kabīr, big, great, powerful).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɫ.ɫaː.hu ʔak.bar/
  • Audio (Egypt):(file)

Phrase

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar)

  1. God is greater
  2. oh my God

Descendants

  • English: Allahu akbar
  • Swedish: Allahu akbar
  • Turkish: Allahu ekber