اللہ

See also: الله and اللە

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَللّٰه (allāh), from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh). First attested as Old Punjabi ਅਲਹੁ (alahu /⁠allahu⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə˩˥l.laː/

Noun

اللہ • (allāh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲਾਹ or ਅੱਲਾ)

1. (Islam, Sikhism) God

   Synonyms: واہِگرو (wāhegurū), رَبّ (rabb), پربھو (prabhū), خدا (khudā)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَللّٰه (allāh), from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh). First attested as Old Hindi अलह (alaha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əl.lɑː/, /əl.lɑːɦ/

Noun

اَللّٰہ • (allā) m (Hindi spelling अल्लाह)

1. (Islam) Allah
2. God

   Synonym: خدا (xudā)

Coordinate terms

• رب (rab)
• بھگوان (bhagvān)
• ایشور (īśvar)

Descendants

• → New Sanskrit: अल्लाहः (allāhaḥ)

Further reading

• “اللہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اللہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “الہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.