Allah

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Arabic الله (allāh), contraction of اَل (al) + إِلَه (ilāh); cognate with the Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ \ אֱלֹהַּ (elóah), and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈælə/, /ˈɑːlə/, X-SAMPA: /"{l@/ (common English pronunciation)
  • IPA: /əˈlɑː/, X-SAMPA: /@"lA:/ (the nearest to the original Arabic pronunciation: [ʔalˁˈlˁɑːh])

Proper noun [edit]

Allah

  1. God as perceived by Islamic doctrine
    • 1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, ISBN 9780679454472, OL 354828M, page 273:
      We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.

Usage notes [edit]

While the Arabic الله is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding term Allah to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word as God, as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

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Albanian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Arabic الله (allāh), from the root verb اله (’állaha, to deify); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun [edit]

Allah (definite Allahu, accusative Allahun, dative Allahut)

  1. Allah

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Proper noun [edit]

Allah m

  1. Allah

Malay [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Arabic الله (allāh), from the root verb اله (’állaha, to deify); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

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Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]

Proper noun [edit]

Allah (Jawi spelling الله)

  1. (Islam) Allah

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Arabic الله (allāh), from the root verb اله (’állaha, to deify); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun [edit]

Allah m (Cyrillic spelling Аллах)

  1. (Islam) Allah

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Turkish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Arabic الله (allāh), from the root verb اله (’állaha, to deify); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun [edit]

Allah (definite accusative Allah'ı, plural Allah'lar)

  1. (Islam) Allah

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