ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ

Classical Mandaic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ʔil-

Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā)

Classical Mandaic ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ

Inherited from Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɔ.ha/
• Rhymes: -alɔha

Noun

ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ (alaha /alɔha⁠⁠/) (plural ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡉࡀ (alahia /⁠alɔhi⁠/))

1. false god (deity)

   ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ ࡀࡋࡉࡄࡉࡍ ― alaha alihin /alɔha alihan/ ― God of gods

Derived terms

• ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡅࡕࡀ (alahuta, “false divinity”)

Proper noun

ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ (alaha /alɔha⁠⁠/)

1. God (first deity)

Further reading

• Drower, E. S.; Macuch, R. (1963), “alaha”, in A Mandaic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18
• Macúch, Rudolf (1965), Handbook of Classical and Modern Mandaic‎^[1], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., →ISBN, page 84