Allah
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ \ אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈlɑː/, /ˈɑːlɑː/,[1] /ˌɑːˈlɑː/[1] (pronunciation which is close to the standard Arabic pronunciation [ʔalˤˈlˤɑːh])
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.lə/,[2][1] /ˈɑːlə/[2][1] (anglicized pronunciations; close to dialectal Arabic [ˈʔɑlˤlˤa])
Proper noun
Allah
- God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
- 1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, →OL, 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 the Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding 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
Translations
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “Allah”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Allah”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
- Names of God in Islam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
Proper noun
Allah (definite Allahu, accusative Allahun, dative Allahut)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Allah m
Finnish
Proper noun
Allah
Declension
Inflection of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | Allahitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Allah m (genitive Allahs)
- Allah (God in Islam)
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).
Proper noun
Allàh m
Indonesian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]
- Rhymes: -ah
- IPA(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah] (Only in Christian lexicon)
- Rhymes: -ah
Proper noun
Allah
Noun
Allah
- (Christianity) Elohim, God (See: allah. In Indonesian translations of the bible, "elohim" is translated into "allah" instead of "ilah" in contradiction with Indonesian Islamic terminology)
- "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)
See also
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Allah (Jawi spelling الله)
See also
Portuguese
Proper noun
Allah m
- Alternative spelling of Alá
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
Proper noun
Allah m (Cyrillic spelling Аллах)
See also
Turkish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Allah (definite accusative Allah'ı, plural Allah'lar)
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
singular | plural | |
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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 |
singular | plural | |
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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
See also
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:God
- en:Gods
- en:Islam
- Albanian terms derived from Arabic
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian proper nouns
- Albanian entries with topic categories using raw markup
- sq:Islam
- Dutch terms borrowed from Arabic
- Dutch terms derived from Arabic
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Islam
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German entries with topic categories using raw markup
- de:Islam
- Hausa terms borrowed from Arabic
- Hausa terms derived from Arabic
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa proper nouns
- Hausa masculine nouns
- ha:Religion
- Indonesian terms derived from Arabic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Islam
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Christianity
- Malay terms derived from Arabic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/ah
- Malay lemmas
- Malay proper nouns
- ms:Islam
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Arabic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Islam
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Islam