اللہ

See also: الله

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله (allāh), from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh). First attested as Old Punjabi ਅਲਹੁ (alahu /⁠allahu⁠/). Compare Hindustani اَللہ (allh) / अल्लाह (allāh), Bengali আল্লাহ (allah), Malayalam അല്ലാഹു (allāhu).

Noun

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

1. (Islam, Sikhism) God

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

   • Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Kabir, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 727:

     اللہ پاکں پاک ہے شکّ کرو جے دوسر ہوئے

     allāh pāk̃ pāk hae shak karu je dūsar hoe

     The Lord is the purest of the pure; only through doubt could there be another.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله (allāh), from Arabic الله (allāh). First attested as Old Hindi अलह (alaha). Compare Punjabi ਅੱਲਾਹ (allāh), ਅੱਲਾ (allā) / اللہ (allāh, allā), Bengali আল্লাহ (allah), Malayalam അല്ലാഹു (allāhu).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

اَللّٰہ or اللہ • (allāh or allā) m (Hindi spelling अल्लाह)

1. (Islam) Allah
2. God

   Synonym: خدا (xudā)

Coordinate terms

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

Descendants

• → New Sanskrit: अल्लाह (allāha)

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, 2024.
• 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.