अल्लाहो अकबर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अल्लाहु अकबर (allāhu akbar), अल्लाहू अकबर (allāhū akbar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله اکبر (allāh akbar), from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar). Compare Marathi अल्लाहो अकबर (allāho akbar), Bengali আল্লাহু আকবার (allahu akbar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əl.lɑː.ɦoː ək.bəɾ/, [ɐl.läː.ɦoː‿ɐk.bɐɾ], /əl.lɑː.ɦuː ək.bəɾ/, [ɐl.läː.ɦuː‿ɐk.bɐɾ]
• Hyphenation: अल्ला‧हो‧अक‧बर
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Phrase

अल्लाहो अकबर • (allāho akbar) (Urdu spelling اَللہُ اَکْبَر)

1. (Islam) Allahu akbar

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अल्लाह”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अल्लाह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 335
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अल्लाह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 60
• Platts, John T. (1884) “الله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 77
• “अल्लाहु-अकबर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله اکبر (allāh akbar), from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar). Compare Hindustani اَللہُ اَکْبَر (allhu akbar) / अल्लाहो अकबर (allāho akbar), Bengali আল্লাহু আকবার (allahu akbar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əl.la.ɦo.ək.bəɾ/, [əl.lʱao.ək.bəɾ]
• Hyphenation: अल्ला‧हो‧अक‧बर
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Phrase

अल्लाहो अकबर • (allāho akbar)

1. (Islam) Allahu akbar

Further reading

• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अल्ला, अल्लाह्”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 143.