English Explanatory Dictionary

Allah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Allah.

Pronunciation

/əˈlɑː/ /ˈæ.lə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Allah.wav

Word forms

Allah

Etymology

From 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 Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.

Derived words

alhamdulillah Allahabad astaghfirullah ayatollah Baháʼu'lláh bismillah by the Grace of Allah Hezbollah inshallah mashallah wallahi
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