Allah

See also: Alláh, and allah

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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-.-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈlɑː/, /ˈɑːlɑː/,^[1] /ˌɑːˈlɑː/^[1] (pronunciation which is close to the standard Arabic pronunciation [ʔalˤˈlˤɑːh])
IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lə/,^[2]^[1] /ˈɑːlə/^[2]^[1] (anglicized pronunciations; close to dialectal Arabic [ˈʔɑlˤlˤa])
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː, -ælə

Proper noun

Allah (plural Allahs)

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?
- 1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, →OL, page 273:
  We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.

Usage notes

While in Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding English term Allah to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word in English as God, as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

Derived terms

Translations

God, in Islam

Adyghe: Алахь (Alaḥ)
Afrikaans: Allah
Albanian: Allah (sq) m, Allahu (sq) m
Amharic: አላህ (ʾälah)
Arabic: اللّٰه (ar) m (allāh)
Armenian: Ալլահ (hy) (Allah)
Assamese: আল্লাহ (allah)
Avar: Аллагь (Allah)
Azerbaijani: Allah (az)
Arabic: الله (az)

Cyrillic: Аллаһ
Bashkir: Аллаһ (Allah), Алла (Alla)
Belarusian: Ала́х m (Aláx), Ала́г m (Aláh) (obsolete), Алла́г m (Alláh) (obsolete)
Bengali: আল্লাহ (bn) (allah)
Bulgarian: Алла́х (bg) m (Alláh)
Burmese: အလ္လာဟ် (my) (allah)
Catalan: Al·là
Chechen: Аллахӏ (Allah)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿拉 (yue) (aa³ laa¹), 真主 (zan¹ zyu²)

Dungan: Анлахў (Anlahw), Анла (Anla)

Hokkien: 真主 (chin-chú)

Mandarin: 安拉 (zh) (Ānlā), 阿拉 (zh) (Ālā), 真主 (zh) (Zhēnzhǔ)

Wu: 真主 (¹tsen-tsy)
Crimean Tatar: Alla
Czech: Alláh (cs) m
Danish: Allah c
Dhivehi: އައްލާހު (allāhu)
Dutch: Allah (nl) m
Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆེའི་ལྷ (kha che'i lha), ཨཱལ་ལཱ (āl lā)
Esperanto: Alaho (eo) m
Estonian: Allah (et)
Finnish: Allah (fi)
French: Allah (fr) m
Galician: Alá (gl)
Georgian: ალაჰი (alahi)
German: Allah (de) m
Greek: Αλλάχ (el) m (Allách)
Gujarati: અલ્લાહ m (allāh), ખુદા m (khudā)
Hausa: Allah (ha)
Hebrew: אַלְלָה m (allá)
Hindi: अल्लाह (hi) m (allāh)
Hungarian: Allah (hu)
Icelandic: Allah m
Indonesian: Allah (id)
Irish: Allah m
Italian: Allah (it) m
Japanese: アッラーフ (ja) (Arrāfu), アッラー (ja) (Arrā), アラー (ja) (Arā)
Javanese: ꦄꦭ꧀ꦭꦃ (jv) (allah)
Kannada: ಅಲ್ಲಾಹ (allāha)
Kazakh: Аллаһ (kk) (Allah)
Khmer: អល់ឡោះ (ʼɑllɑh)
Korean: 알라 (ko) (Alla), 알라신 (Allasin) (proscribed)
Kumyk: Аллагь (Allah)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەڵڵا (ckb) (elllla), خوا (xwa), خودا (ckb) (xuda)

Northern Kurdish: Xwedê (ku), Ellah (ku), Xweda (ku), Xuda (ku)
Kyrgyz: Алла (Alla), Аллах (Allah)
Ladino: Alá
Lao: ອັນເລາະ (ʼan lǫ)
Latin: Allah m
Latvian: Allāhs m
Lezgi: Аллагь (Allah)
Lithuanian: Alachas m
Low German:
German Low German: Allah (nds)
Macedonian: Алах m (Alah)
Malay: Allah (ms)
Jawi: الله (ms)
Malayalam: അല്ലാഹു (allāhu)
Maltese: Alla (mt) m
Manipuri: ꯑꯂꯥ (mni) (ʼalaa)
Marathi: अल्लाह m (allāh)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Аллах (Allax)

Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠯᠠᠾ (allah)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Allah m
Odia: ଅଲ୍ଲାହ (allāha)
Ossetian: Аллах (Allax)
Pashto: الله (ps) m (allāh)
Persian:
Classical Persian: اَلله (fa) (allāh)

Dari: اَلله (fa) (allāh)

Iranian Persian: اَلله (fa) (allâh)
Polish: Allah (pl) m, Allach (pl) m, Ałłach m (archaic)
Portuguese: Alá (pt) m
Punjabi: ਅੱਲਾ (pa) m (allā)
Romanian: Allah m
Cyrillic: Аллах m (Allah)
Russian: Алла́х (ru) m (Alláx)
Sanskrit: अल्लाह् m (allāh)
Scots: Allah
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: А̀лла̄х m, А̀ла̄х m

Roman: Àllāh m, Àlāh m
Sinhalese: අල්ලාහ් (allāh)
Slovak: Alah m
Slovene: Alah m
Somali: Allaah
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Allah m (indecl.)
Spanish: Alá (es) m
Swahili: Allah (sw)
Swedish: Allah (sv) c
Tajik: Оллоҳ (tg) (Olloh), Аллоҳ (Alloh)
Tamil: அல்லா (ta) (allā)
Tatar: Аллах (Allax), Алла (tt) (Alla)
Telugu: అల్లాహ్ (te) (allāh)
Thai: อัลลอฮ์ (an-lɔɔ)
Tibetan: ཨ་ལ (a la)
Tigrinya: አላህ (ʾälah)
Turkish: Allah (tr)
Turkmen: Allah
Cyrillic: Аллах
Ukrainian: Алла́х (uk) m (Alláx), Алла́г m (Alláh), Алла́ m (Allá) (rare)
Urdu: اَللّٰہ (ur) m (allāh)
Uyghur: ئاللاھ (ug) (allah)
Uzbek: Alloh
Cyrillic: Аллоҳ (Alloh)
Vietnamese: A-la (vi), thánh A-la, đức A-la
Welsh: Al-lâh, Allah
Western Panjabi: الله
Yakut: Аллаах (Allaaq)
Yiddish: אַלאַ m (ala), אללה m (ala)
Yoruba: Allah

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 “Allah”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “Allah”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

halal

Albanian

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:

Allahu

Wikipedia ^sq

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اَللّٰه, from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah (definite Allahu, accusative Allahun, dative Allahut)

Allah

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		Аллаһ
Abjad	classical sp	الله
Abjad	new sp	آللاه

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh).

Proper noun

Allah

Allah, God
Synonyms: Allah-təala, tanrı; see also Thesaurus:Allah

Allah qoysa ― God willing (literally, “if the God lets”)

Allah qoysa gələn ay təzə işə başlayıram. ― I am starting a new job next month, God willing

Allah rəhmət eləsin ― May s/he rest in peace

Allah saxlasın ― May God watch over him/her^{[usage 1]}

Allah sizi qorusun ― May God protect you

Allah şəfa versin ― Get well soon (literally, “May God give you recovery”)

Allah canını sağ eləsin ― May give him/her good health^{[usage 2]}

Allah sizdən razı olsun ― May God be pleased with you

Allah islah eləsin ― May God correct you.

Allah ağıl versin ― May God give you reason^{[usage 3]}

Allah köməyin olsun ― May God help you^{[usage 4]}

Allah bəlasını versin ― May God punish him/her

Allah sizi bu bəladan qurtarsın ― May God save you from/rid you of this calamity

Allaha and olsun ― by God

Allaha and olsun ki, mənim bundan xəbərim yox idi. ― I swear by God, I had no clue about this.

Allaha tapşırdım sizi ― Godspeed

Allaha xatir ― for God's sake

Allaha şükür ― thank God

Usage notes

^ Often said to parents about their children
^ Often said as expression of gratitude, unlike Allah şəfa versin, which is said when someone is actually sick.
^ Said to indicate that the speaker considers the subject of the conversation to be a bad idea.
^ Can either be used literally, as a sincere wish, or ironically, as a statement of non-involment (i.e. "may God help you, because I won't"). Alternatively, can be used similarly to Allah ağıl versin, i.e. indicating that the speaker thinks the subject of the conversation is a bad idea

Declension

Declension of Allah
	singular	plural
nominative	Allah	Allahlar
definite accusative	Allahı	Allahları
dative	Allaha	Allahlara
locative	Allahda	Allahlarda
ablative	Allahdan	Allahlardan
definite genitive	Allahın	Allahların

Possessive forms of Allah
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahım	Allahlarım
sənin (“your”)	Allahın	Allahların
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahı	Allahları
bizim (“our”)	Allahımız	Allahlarımız
sizin (“your”)	Allahınız	Allahlarınız
onların (“their”)	Allahı or Allahları	Allahları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımı	Allahlarımı
sənin (“your”)	Allahını	Allahlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahını	Allahlarını
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızı	Allahlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızı	Allahlarınızı
onların (“their”)	Allahını or Allahlarını	Allahlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahıma	Allahlarıma
sənin (“your”)	Allahına	Allahlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahına	Allahlarına
bizim (“our”)	Allahımıza	Allahlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	Allahınıza	Allahlarınıza
onların (“their”)	Allahına or Allahlarına	Allahlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımda	Allahlarımda
sənin (“your”)	Allahında	Allahlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahında	Allahlarında
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızda	Allahlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızda	Allahlarınızda
onların (“their”)	Allahında or Allahlarında	Allahlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımdan	Allahlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	Allahından	Allahlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahından	Allahlarından
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızdan	Allahlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızdan	Allahlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	Allahından or Allahlarından	Allahlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımın	Allahlarımın
sənin (“your”)	Allahının	Allahlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahının	Allahlarının
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızın	Allahlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızın	Allahlarınızın
onların (“their”)	Allahının or Allahlarının	Allahlarının

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.laː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah m

Allah

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑh/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝h]
Rhymes: -ɑlːɑh
Syllabification^(key): Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah

Allah

Declension

Inflection of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Allah	—
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
illative		Allahiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Allah	—
accusative	nom.	Allah	—
accusative	gen.	Allahin	—
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
inessive		Allahissa	—
elative		Allahista	—
illative		Allahiin	—
adessive		Allahilla	—
ablative		Allahilta	—
allative		Allahille	—
essive		Allahina	—
translative		Allahiksi	—
abessive		Allahitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Allahini	—
accusative	nom.	Allahini	—
accusative	gen.	Allahini	—
genitive		Allahini	—
partitive		Allahiani	—
inessive		Allahissani	—
elative		Allahistani	—
illative		Allahiini	—
adessive		Allahillani	—
ablative		Allahiltani	—
allative		Allahilleni	—
essive		Allahinani	—
translative		Allahikseni	—
abessive		Allahittani	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Allahisi	—
accusative	nom.	Allahisi	—
accusative	gen.	Allahisi	—
genitive		Allahisi	—
partitive		Allahiasi	—
inessive		Allahissasi	—
elative		Allahistasi	—
illative		Allahiisi	—
adessive		Allahillasi	—
ablative		Allahiltasi	—
allative		Allahillesi	—
essive		Allahinasi	—
translative		Allahiksesi	—
abessive		Allahittasi	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Allahimme	—
accusative	nom.	Allahimme	—
accusative	gen.	Allahimme	—
genitive		Allahimme	—
partitive		Allahiamme	—
inessive		Allahissamme	—
elative		Allahistamme	—
illative		Allahiimme	—
adessive		Allahillamme	—
ablative		Allahiltamme	—
allative		Allahillemme	—
essive		Allahinamme	—
translative		Allahiksemme	—
abessive		Allahittamme	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Allahinne	—
accusative	nom.	Allahinne	—
accusative	gen.	Allahinne	—
genitive		Allahinne	—
partitive		Allahianne	—
inessive		Allahissanne	—
elative		Allahistanne	—
illative		Allahiinne	—
adessive		Allahillanne	—
ablative		Allahiltanne	—
allative		Allahillenne	—
essive		Allahinanne	—
translative		Allahiksenne	—
abessive		Allahittanne	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Allahinsa	—
accusative	nom.	Allahinsa	—
accusative	gen.	Allahinsa	—
genitive		Allahinsa	—
partitive		Allahiaan Allahiansa	—
inessive		Allahissaan Allahissansa	—
elative		Allahistaan Allahistansa	—
illative		Allahiinsa	—
adessive		Allahillaan Allahillansa	—
ablative		Allahiltaan Allahiltansa	—
allative		Allahilleen Allahillensa	—
essive		Allahinaan Allahinansa	—
translative		Allahikseen Allahiksensa	—
abessive		Allahittaan Allahittansa	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

Anagrams

halla

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈala/, /aˈlaː/
Audio: (file)
Homophone: aller (nonstandard)

Proper noun

Allah m (proper noun, strong, genitive Allahs)

Allah (God in Islam)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔál.làː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔál.làː]

Proper noun

Allā̀h m

Allah, God

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Allah, from Classical Malay Allah (“Allah; God”); from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ(l)lɑh/, [ɑ(ɫ)ɫɑh] (only in Muslim lexicon)
IPA^(key): /ɑwloh/, [ɔwɫɔh] (only in Muslim lexicon, prescribed)
IPA^(key): /a(l)lah/, [a(l)lah] (only in Christian lexicon)
Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
Hyphenation: Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah

(Islam) Allah
(Christianity) God.
Akulah TUHAN (YHWH), Allahmu (your God), yang membawa engkau keluar dari tanah Mesir, dari tempat perbudakan. (Keluaran 20:2)^[1] ― I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:2)

Usage notes

In Indonesian translations of the Bible, Hebrew אֱלֹהִים (elohím) is translated into Allah instead of ilah in contradiction with Indonesian Islamic terminology. The usage by Islam and Christianity contexts reflected the Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) which is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, unlike the controversial Malaysian Standard Malay Allah for Christian usage.

Derived terms

keallahan

References

^ Alkitab Terjemahan Baru (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Lembaga Alkitab Indonesia, 1974, →ISBN

Malay

Alternative forms

الله

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]
Rhymes: -ah

Proper noun

Allah (Jawi spelling الله)

(Islam) Allah
(Christianity) God

Usage notes

Although Malaysian Christians have fought for the right to use "Allah" to refer to God in Christian contexts, citing its use by Arab Christians as a precedent, the Malaysian courts have ruled that using "Allah" outside Islamic contexts is illegal.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Allah

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

Allach

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الله (allāh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈal.lax/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -allax
Syllabification: Al‧lah
Homophone: Allach

Proper noun

Allah m pers

(Islam) Allah (God in Islam)

Declension

Declension of Allah

	singular
nominative	Allah
genitive	Allaha
dative	Allahowi
accusative	Allaha
instrumental	Allahem
locative	Allahu
vocative	Allahu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈla/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈla/

Proper noun

Allah m

Alternative spelling of Alá

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Alah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah m (Cyrillic spelling Аллах)

(Islam) Allah

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Allah

Wikipedia ^sv

Proper noun

Allah ? (genitive Allahs)

(Islam) Allah

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الله, from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑɫːɑh/

Proper noun

Allah (definite accusative Allah'ı, plural Allah'lar)

(Islam) Allah

Usage notes

When viewed as a proper noun – the predominant Islamic view – the orthographic rules require writing the oblique cases of the word with an apostrophe before the case suffix. When viewed as a common noun, spelt almost unanimously with a capital “A” out of respect, no apostrophe should be inserted.

Declension

declension of Allah

	singular	plural
nominative	Allah	Allahlar / Allah'lar
accusative	Allah'ı	Allahları / Allah'ları
dative	Allah'a	Allahlara / Allah'lara
locative	Allah'ta	Allahlarda / Allah'larda
ablative	Allah'tan	Allahlardan / Allah'lardan
genitive	Allah'ın	Allahların / Allah'ların

possessive of Allah

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Allah'ım	Allahlarım / Allah'larım
senin (your)	Allah'ın	Allahların / Allah'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Allah'ı	Allahları / Allah'ları
bizim (our)	Allah'ımız	Allahlarımız / Allah'larımız
sizin (your)	Allah'ınız	Allahlarınız / Allah'larınız
onların (their)	Allah'ı / Allahları / Allah'ları	Allahları / Allah'ları

Allah

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Proper noun

Further reading

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Proper noun

Usage notes

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Further reading

Hausa

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Usage notes

See also

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Proper noun

See also

Swedish

Proper noun

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Usage notes

Declension