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Interjection
Allahu akbar
(Islam) "God is most great"; the Muslimtakbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving. [from 17th c.]
1742, James Fraser, The History of Nadir Shah, London 1742, p. 126n:
Tokbîr is repeating three times these Words, اللّٰه أكبرAllah Akbar, which is to say, GOD is Greatest, before the Kelmah abovementioned.
2004, Yuri Bagrov, The Guardian, 22 Jun 2004:
The official said it was not immediately clear who the attackers were, but said some of them were shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a frequent cry of Chechnya's separatist rebels.
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