ayatollah
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Classical Persian آیَتاُلله (āyat-ullāh), from Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Noun[edit]
ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)
Translations[edit]
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu 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 quotation)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs)
- ayatollah
- (figurative, derogatory) strong proponent of something; person behaving tyrannically and despotically in a particular matter
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla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
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French ayatollah, from Iranian Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Noun[edit]
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahi)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ayatollah | ayatollahul | (niște) ayatollahi | ayatollahii |
genitive/dative | (unui) ayatollah | ayatollahului | (unor) ayatollahi | ayatollahilor |
vocative | ayatollahule | ayatollahilor |
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- fr:Islam
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- it:Islam
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