آية الله

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “sign of God”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.jat aɫ.ɫaːh/

Noun

آيَة اللّٰه • (ʔāyat allāh) m

1. (Islam) ayatollah

Declension

Declension of noun آيَة الله (ʔāyat allāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	آيَة الله ʔāyat allāh	—
Nominative	—	آيَةُ اللهِ ʔāyatu llāhi	—
Accusative	—	آيَةَ اللهِ ʔāyata llāhi	—
Genitive	—	آيَةِ اللهِ ʔāyati llāhi	—

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh) (archaic spelling)
  • Dari: آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh)
  • Iranian Persian: آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh)
    • → Dutch: ayatollah
    • → English: ayatollah

      → Hindi: अयतोल्लाह (aytollāh)

    • → French: ayatollah
    • → Italian: ayatollah
    • → Romanian: ayatollah
  • Tajik: оятуллоҳ (oyatulloh)
  • → Bengali: আয়াতুল্লাহ (aẏatullah)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: आयतुल्लाह (āytullāh)

    Urdu: آیَتُ ٱللہ (āyatu llāh)