ayatollah

English

Alternative forms

• ayatolla

Etymology

From Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آية الله ('āyatu-llāh, “sign of God”)

Noun

Wikipedia ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)

1. A religious leader in Iranian Shi’ite Islam; a member of the ’ulama.

Translations

a religious leader

• Arabic: آية الله (ar) ('āyatu-llāh) f
• Armenian: այաթոլլա (hy) (ayat’olla)
• Bulgarian: аятолах (bg) (ajatoláh) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿亞圖拉 (cmn), 阿亚图拉 (cmn) (āyàtúlā)

• Czech: ajatolláh (cs) m
• Dutch: ayatollah (nl) m
• Esperanto: ajatolo (eo)
• Finnish: ajatollah (fi)
• French: ayatollah (fr) m
• Georgian: აიათოლა (ka) (aiatola)
• German: Ajatollah (de) m
• Hebrew: אייתוללה (he)
• Hindi: आयतोल्ला (hi) (āyatollā)

• Hungarian: ajatollah (hu)
• Italian: ayatollah (it) m
• Japanese: アヤトラ (ja) (ayatora)
• Korean: 아야톨라 (ko) (ayatolla)
• Navajo: ayatʼólah
• Persian: آیت‌الله (fa) (âyatollâh)
• Polish: Ajatollah (pl) m
• Russian: аятолла (ru) (ajatollá) m
• Serbo-Croatian: ајатолах (sh) m, ajatolah (sh) m
• Spanish: ayatolá (es) m
• Swedish: ayatolla (sv) c
• Thai: อายะตุลลอหฺ (th) (aa-yá-dtun-lor)
• Urdu: آیت اللہ (ur) (āyatu-llāh)

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French

Noun

ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs)

1. ayatollah

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Italian

Etymology

Arabic

Noun

ayatollah m (invariable)

1. ayatollah