ياالله
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Alternative forms
[edit]- يَلَّا (yallā)
Etymology
[edit]Compounded from يَا (yā, “O”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”). The colloquial sense derives from supplications of the sort “O God, let this and that happen!”, whence it was generalised to a particle or exclamation expressing a wish, encouragement, or command.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]يَاٱللَّٰه • (yāllāh)
- (colloquial) come on, c’mon
- (colloquial) let’s go, hurry up
- (dialectal, colloquial, Levantine) word accompanying bye-bye, bye
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Gulf Arabic: يلا (yaḷḷa)
- Maltese: jalla
- Moroccan Arabic: يالله (yallāh)
- → Finnish: jalla
- → Hebrew: יאללה (yála)
- → Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: jalla
- → Swedish: jalla
Hijazi Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]يا (yā, “oh”) + الله (allāh, “god”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ياالله • (yālla)