ajatola

See also: ajatolą

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐjɛtɔˈlɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ja‧to‧la

Noun

ajatolà f (plural ajatòlos) stress pattern 2 (Shia Islam)

1. (uncountable) ayatollah (title)
2. ayatollah (religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism)

Declension

Declension of ajatolà

	singular	plural
nominative	ajatolà	ajatòlos
genitive	ajatòlos	ajatòlų
dative	ajatòlai	ajatòloms
accusative	ajatòlą	ajatolàs
instrumental	ajatolà	ajatòlomis
locative	ajatòloje	ajatòlose
vocative	ajatòla	ajatòlos

Further reading

• “ajatola”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “ajatola”, entry by Romualdas Krinickis, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]