अलह

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

• अला (alā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله (allāh), from Arabic الله (allāh). Compare Old Punjabi ਅਲਹੁ (alahu /⁠allahu⁠/).

Noun

अलह (alaha)

1. (Islam) Allah
   • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 280.5:

     पूरब देस हरी का बास
     पच्छिम अलह मुकांमां

     pūraba desa harī kā bāsa
     pacchima alaha mukā̃mā̃

     Is Hari’s abode in the country of the east?
     Is the home of Allah in the west?

Descendants

• Hindustani:

  Hindi: अल्लाह (allāh)

  Urdu: اللہ (allā, allāh)

  • → New Sanskrit: अल्लाह (allāha)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 514