ayatollah
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʾāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Noun[edit]
ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)
Translations[edit]
a religious leader
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs, diminutive ayatollaatje n)
- A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
- Highest grade of theological scholarship in Shi'ism.
- (by extension) A (thought) leader or key figure in general.
- 2017, Alain Mouton, Het geld is op! De financiële putten van België.
- Van de ayatollah van de begrotingssanering die de Gentenaar in de jaren tachtig was, bleef er niet veel over.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2017, Alain Mouton, Het geld is op! De financiële putten van België.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʾāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs)
- ayatollah
- (figuratively, derogatory) strong proponent of something; person behaving tyrannically and despotically in a particular matter
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʾāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Noun[edit]
ayatollah m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
ayatollah m
- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
ayatollah m
- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla
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