آية الله

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “sign of God”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ja.tu‿lˤ.lˤaːh/

Noun

آيَةُ اللّٰه • (ʔāyatu llāh) m

1. (Shia Islam) ayatollah (a religious leader in Twelverism)

Declension

Declension of noun آيَة الله (ʔāyat allāh)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	آيَة الله ʔāyat allāh	—
nominative	—	آيَةُ اللهِ ʔāyatu llāhi	—
accusative	—	آيَةَ اللهِ ʔāyata llāhi	—
genitive	—	آيَةِ اللهِ ʔāyati llāhi	—

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh) (archaic spelling)
  • Dari: آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh)
  • Iranian Persian: آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh)
    • → Dutch: ayatollah
    • → English: ayatollah

      → Hindi: अयतोल्लाह (aytollāh)

    • → French: ayatollah
    • → Italian: ayatollah
    • → Malay: ayatollah
    • → Romanian: ayatollah
    • → Spanish: ayatolá
  • Tajik: оятуллоҳ (oyatulloh)
  • → Azerbaijani: ayətullah
  • → Bengali: আয়াতুল্লাহ (aẏatullah)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: आयतुल्लाह (āytullāh)

    Urdu: آیَتُ ٱللہ (āyatu llāh)

  • → Indonesian: ayatullah