English Alternative forms Flag of 1930s Waziristan (Pakistan) resistance movement: الله أكبر Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر Etymology From Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر ( allāhu ʔakbar ) .
Pronunciation ( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌaləhuː ˈakbɑː/ , /əˌlɑːhuː ˈakbɑː/ Interjection Allahu akbar
( Islam ) "God is most great "; the Muslim takbir , 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, page 126n:Tokbîr is repeating three times these Words, اللّٰه أكبر Allah Akbar is Greatest , before the Kelmah abovementioned.
2004 June 22, Yuri Bagrov, The Guardian :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.
Translations Muslim takbir (proclamation)
Arabic: اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر ( allāhu ʔakbar )
Azerbaijani: Əllahu əkbər
Bengali: আল্লাহু আকবার (bn) ( allahu akbar ) , আল্লাহু আকবর ( allahu akbor )
Bulgarian: Аллаху екбер ( Allahu ekber )
Chechen: (please verify ) Аллахӏу акбар ( Allahu akbar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 真主至大 ( Zhēnzhǔ zhìdà ) , 安拉至大 ( Ānlā zhìdà ) , 阿拉花瓜 (zh) ( Ālāhuāguā ) ( Taiwan, slang, derogatory )
Dargwa: Аллагьу акбар ( Allahu akbar )
Dutch: God is het grootst Allahoe akbar
Finnish: Allahu akbar Jumala on suurin
French: Allah akbar Allahu akbar (fr) , Allahou akbar
German: Allahu akbar
Hebrew: אללה אכבר ( allāh akbar )
Hindi: अल्लाहो अकबर ( allāho akbar ) , अल्लाहु अकबर ( allāhu akbar ) , अल्लाहू अकबर ( allāhū akbar ) , अल्लाह अकबर ( allāh akbar ) , तकबीर (hi) ( takbīr )
Hungarian: Allahu akbár Allah akbár
Indonesian: Allahu Akbar (id)
Japanese: アッラーフ・アクバル ( Arrāfu akubaru )
Kazakh: Аллаһу әкбар ( Allahu äkbar ) , Аллаһ әкбар ( Allah äkbar )
Korean: 알라후 아크바르 ( Allahu akeubareu )
Macedonian: Алаху екбер ( Alahu ekber )
Malay: Allahu akbar Allah maha besar
Navajo: Diyin God éí ayóóʼátʼé NihiTaaʼ ayóóʼátʼéii
Ottoman Turkish: الله اكبر
Pashto: الله اکبر ( allaho akbár )
Persian: الله اکبر ( allâho akbar )
Polish: Allach akbar Allachu akbar
Portuguese: allahu akbar Alá akbar
Russian: Алла́х а́кбар ( Alláx ákbar ) , Алла́ху а́кбар ( Alláxu ákbar ) , Алла́х вели́к ( Alláx velík )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Алаху екбер Аллаху екбер
Roman: Alahu ekber Allahu ekber
Tajik: Оллоҳ акбар ( Olloh akbar )
Tatar: Аллаһу әкбәр ( Allahu äkbär ) , Аллаһ әкбәр ( Allah äkbär )
Thai: อัลลอหุอักบัร ( anlorhù àkban ) , อัลลอหฺทรงยิ่งใหญ่ ( anlor song yîng-yài ) , อัลลอหฺยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุด ( anlor yîng-yài têe-sùt ) , อัลลอฮุอักบัร
Turkish: Allah'u ekber Allah-u ekber Allahu ekber (tr) , Tanrı uludur ( historical, used during Ataturk's time )
Turkmen: Allah akbar
Urdu: اللہ اکبر ( allāh akbar )
Uyghur: ئاللاھۇ ئەكبەر ( allahu ekber )
Uzbek: Alloh akbar
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