Allah

See also: Alláh

English

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Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰه‎ (allāh), contraction of اَل‎ (al-, “the”) + إِلَه‎ (ʾilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה‎ (aláh) and אלהא‎ (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל‎ (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ‎ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים‎ (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɑː/, /ˈɑːlɑː/, /ˌɑːˈlɑː/ (pronunciation which is close to the standard Arabic pronunciation [ʔalˤˈlˤɑːh])
• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lə/, /ˈɑːlə/ (anglicized pronunciations; close to dialectal Arabic [ˈʔɑlˤlˤa])

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ælə

Proper noun

Allah

1. God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
   • 1998, Rice, Anne, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, OL 354828M, page 273:

     We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.

   What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?

Usage notes

While in Arabic اللّٰه‎ (allāh) is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding English term Allah to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word in English as God, as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

Derived terms

• Allahabad
• ayatollah
• Hezbollah
• bismillah
• Baháʼu'lláh

Translations

God, in Islam

• Adyghe: Алахь (Ālāḥ)
• Afrikaans: Allah
• Albanian: Allah (sq) m, Allahu (sq) m
• Amharic: አላህ (ʾälah)
• Arabic: اللّٰه‎ (ar) m (allāh)
• Armenian: Ալլահ (hy) (Allah)
• Assamese: আল্লাহ (allah)
• Avar: Аллагь (Allah)
• Azerbaijani: Allah (az)

  Arabic: الله‎ (az)

  Cyrillic: Аллаһ

• Bashkir: Аллаһ (Allah), Алла (Alla)
• Belarusian: Ала́х m (Aláx), Ала́г m (Aláh) (obsolete)
• Bengali: আল্লাহ (bn) (allah)
• Bulgarian: Алла́х (bg) m (Alláh)
• Burmese: အလ္လာဟ် (allah)
• Catalan: Al·là
• Chechen: Аллахӏ (Allah)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: Анлахў (Anlahw), Анла (Anla)

  Mandarin: 安拉 (zh) (Ānlā), 阿拉 (zh) (Ālā), 真主 (zh) (Zhēnzhǔ)

• Crimean Tatar: Alla
• Czech: Alláh (cs) m
• Danish: Allah
• Dhivehi: އައްލާހު‎ (allāhu)
• Dutch: Allah (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆེའི་ལྷ (kha che'i lha), ཨཱལ་ལཱ (āl lā)
• Esperanto: Alaho (eo) m
• Estonian: Allah (et)
• Finnish: Allah (fi)
• French: Allah (fr) m
• Galician: Alá (gl)
• Georgian: ალაჰი (alahi)
• German: Allah (de) m
• Greek: Αλλάχ (el) m (Allách)
• Gujarati: અલ્લાહ m (allāh)
• Hausa: Allah (ha)
• Hebrew: אַלְלָה‎ m (allá)
• Hindi: अल्लाह (hi) m (allāh)
• Hungarian: Allah (hu)
• Indonesian: Allah (id)
• Irish: Allah m
• Japanese: アッラーフ (ja) (Arrāfu), アッラー (ja) (Arrā), アラー (ja) (Arā)
• Javanese: ꦄꦭ꧀ꦭꦃ (jv) (allah)
• Kannada: ಅಲ್ಲಾಹ (allāha)
• Kazakh: Аллаһ (kk) (Allah)
• Khmer: អល់ឡោះ (ʼɑllɑh)
• Korean: 알라 (ko) (Alla), 알라신 (allasin)
• Kumyk: Аллагь (Allah)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەڵڵا‎ (elllla), خوا‎ (ku) (xwa), خودا‎ (xuda)

  Northern Kurdish: Xwedê (ku), Ellah (ku), Xweda (ku), Xuda (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Алла (Alla), Аллах (Allah)

• Lao: ອັນເລາະ (ʼan lǫ)
• Latin: Allah m
• Latvian: Allāhs m
• Lezgi: Аллагь (Allah)
• Lithuanian: Alachas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Allah (nds)

• Macedonian: Алах m (Alah)
• Malay:

  Jawi: الله‎ (ms)

  Rumi: Allah

• Malayalam: അല്ലാഹു (allāhu)
• Maltese: Alla (mt) m
• Marathi: अल्लाह m (allāh)
• Mongolian: Аллах (Allakh)
• Norwegian: Allah m
• Oriya: ଅଲ୍ଲାହ (ôllahô)
• Pashto: الله‎ (ps) m (allãh)
• Persian: الله‎ (fa) (allâh)
• Polish: Allah (pl) m, Allach (pl) m, Ałłach m (archaic)
• Portuguese: Alá (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਅੱਲਾ (pa) m (allā)
• Romanian: Allah m

  Cyrillic: Аллах m

• Russian: Алла́х (ru) m (Alláx)
• Sanskrit: अल्लाह् m (allāh)
• Scots: Allah
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аллах m, Алах m

  Roman: Allah m, Alah m

• Sinhalese: අල්ලාහ් (allāh)
• Slovak: Alah m
• Slovene: Alah m
• Somali: Allaah
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Allah m (indecl.)

• Spanish: Alá (es) m
• Swedish: Allah (sv)
• Tajik: Оллоҳ (tg) (Olloh)
• Tamil: அல்லா (ta) (allā)
• Tatar: Аллах (Allax), Алла (tt) (Alla)
• Telugu: అల్లాహ్ (te) (allāh)
• Thai: อัลลอฮ์ (an-lɔɔ)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ལ (a la)
• Tigrinya: አላህ (ʾälah)
• Turkish: Allah (tr)
• Turkmen: Allah

  Cyrillic: Аллах

• Ukrainian: Алла́х (uk) m (Alláx)
• Urdu: اللہ‎ (ur) m (allāh)
• Uyghur: ئاللاھ‎ (ug) (allah)
• Uzbek: Alloh

  Cyrillic: Аллоҳ (Alloh)

• Vietnamese: A-la (vi), thánh A-la, đức A-la
• Welsh: Al-lâh, Allah
• Western Panjabi: الله‎
• Yakut: Аллаах (Allaax)
• Yiddish: אַלאַ‎ m (ala), אללה‎ m (ala)
• Yoruba: Allah

See also

• Appendix:The 99 names of Allah

Further reading

• Names of God in Islam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• halal

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Albanian

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah (definite Allahu, accusative Allahun, dative Allahut)

1. Allah

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh).

Proper noun

Allah

1. Allah, God

   Synonyms: Allah-təala, tanrı; see also Thesaurus:Allah

   Allah qoysa ― God willing

   Allah qoysa gələn ay təzə işə başlayıram. ― I am starting a new job next month, God willing

   Allah rəhmət eləsin ― May s/he rest in peace

   Allah saxlasın ― May God watch over him/her

   Allah sizi qorusun ― May God protect you

   Allah şəfa versin ― Get well soon (literally, “May God give you recovery”)

   Allah canını sağ eləsin ― May give him/her good health

   Allah sizdən razı olsun ― May God be pleased with you

   Allah ağıl versin ― May God give you reason

   Allah köməyin olsun ― May God help you all

   Allah bəlasını versin ― May God punish him/her

   Allah sizi bu bəladan qurtarsın ― May God save/rid you from this calamity

   Allaha and olsun ― by God

   Allaha and olsun ki, mənim bundan xəbərim yox idi. ― I swear by God, I had no clue about this.

   Allaha tapşırdım sizi ― Godspeed

   Allaha xatir ― for God's sake

Declension

Declension of Allah
	singular	plural
nominative	Allah	Allahlar
definite accusative	Allahı	Allahları
dative	Allaha	Allahlara
locative	Allahda	Allahlarda
ablative	Allahdan	Allahlardan
definite genitive	Allahın	Allahların

Possessive forms of Allah
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahım	Allahlarım
sənin (“your”)	Allahın	Allahların
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahı	Allahları
bizim (“our”)	Allahımız	Allahlarımız
sizin (“your”)	Allahınız	Allahlarınız
onların (“their”)	Allahı or Allahları	Allahları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımı	Allahlarımı
sənin (“your”)	Allahını	Allahlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahını	Allahlarını
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızı	Allahlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızı	Allahlarınızı
onların (“their”)	Allahını or Allahlarını	Allahlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahıma	Allahlarıma
sənin (“your”)	Allahına	Allahlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahına	Allahlarına
bizim (“our”)	Allahımıza	Allahlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	Allahınıza	Allahlarınıza
onların (“their”)	Allahına or Allahlarına	Allahlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımda	Allahlarımda
sənin (“your”)	Allahında	Allahlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahında	Allahlarında
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızda	Allahlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızda	Allahlarınızda
onların (“their”)	Allahında or Allahlarında	Allahlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımdan	Allahlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	Allahından	Allahlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahından	Allahlarından
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızdan	Allahlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızdan	Allahlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	Allahından or Allahlarından	Allahlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımın	Allahlarımın
sənin (“your”)	Allahının	Allahlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahının	Allahlarının
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızın	Allahlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızın	Allahlarınızın
onların (“their”)	Allahının or Allahlarının	Allahlarının

Further reading

• “Allah” in Obastan.com.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه‎ (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.laː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Allah

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Finnish

Proper noun

Allah

1. Allah

Declension

Inflection of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Allah	—
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
illative		Allahiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Allah	—
accusative	nom.	Allah	—
	gen.	Allahin
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
inessive		Allahissa	—
elative		Allahista	—
illative		Allahiin	—
adessive		Allahilla	—
ablative		Allahilta	—
allative		Allahille	—
essive		Allahina	—
translative		Allahiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Allahitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Allah (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Allahini	Allahimme
2nd person	Allahisi	Allahinne
3rd person	Allahinsa

Anagrams

• halla

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈala/, /aˈlaː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: aller (nonstandard)

Proper noun

Allah m (proper noun, strong, genitive Allahs)

1. Allah (God in Islam)

Further reading

• “Allah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه‎ (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔál.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔál.làː]

Proper noun

Allā̀h m

1. Allah, God

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Allah; from Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑllɑh/, [ɑɫɫɑh] (only in Muslim lexicon)
• IPA^(key): /ɑwloh/, [ɔwɫɔh] (only in Muslim lexicon, prescribed)
• IPA^(key): /awlah/
• IPA^(key): /allah/, /alah/ (only in Christian lexicon)
• Rhymes: -ah

Proper noun

Allah

1. (Islam) Allah
2. (Christianity) God.

   "Akulah TUHAN (YHWH), Allahmu (your God), yang membawa engkau keluar dari tanah Mesir, dari tempat perbudakan." Exodus 20:2 (TB 1974)

   "Kalau kamu mengakui bahwa Allahmu (your God) adalah TUHAN (YHWH), maka ikutilah Dia, namun kalau allahmu (your god) adalah Baal, ikutilah dia." 1 Kings 18:21 (AYT Draft)

Usage notes

In Indonesian translations of the Bible, Hebrew אֱלֹהִים‎ (elohím) is translated into Allah instead of ilah in contradiction with Indonesian Islamic terminology.

See also

• Tuhan

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Malay

Alternative forms

• الله‎

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]
• Rhymes: -ah

Proper noun

Allah (Jawi spelling الله)

1. (Islam) Allah
2. (Christianity) God

Usage notes

Although Malaysian Christians have fought for the right to use "Allah" to refer to God in Christian contexts, citing its use by Arab Christians as a precedent, the Malaysian courts have ruled that using "Allah" outside Islamic contexts is illegal.

See also

• Tuhan / توهن‎

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Alternative spelling of Alá

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Alah

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah m (Cyrillic spelling Аллах)

1. (Islam) Allah

See also

• Bog

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫːɑh/

Proper noun

Allah (definite accusative Allah'ı, plural Allah'lar)

1. (Islam) Allah

Usage notes

When viewed as a proper noun – the predominant Islamic view – the orthographic rules require writing the oblique cases of the word with an apostrophe before the case suffix. When viewed as a common noun, spelled with a majuscule “A” out of respect, no apostrophe should be inserted.

Declension

    declension of Allah

	singular	plural
nominative	Allah	Allahlar / Allah'lar
accusative	Allah'ı	Allahları / Allah'ları
dative	Allah'a	Allahlara / Allah'lara
locative	Allah'ta	Allahlarda / Allah'larda
ablative	Allah'tan	Allahlardan / Allah'lardan
genitive	Allah'ın	Allahların / Allah'ların

    possessive of Allah

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Allah'ım	Allahlarım / Allah'larım
senin (your)	Allah'ın	Allahların / Allah'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Allah'ı	Allahları / Allah'ları
bizim (our)	Allah'ımız	Allahlarımız / Allah'larımız
sizin (your)	Allah'ınız	Allahlarınız / Allah'larınız
onların (their)	Allah'ı / Allahları / Allah'ları	Allahları / Allah'ları

Derived terms

• Allah'a ısmarladık
• Allah Allah
• estağfurallah
• inşallah
• maşallah

 

See also

• tanrı