आयतुल्लाह

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अयतोल्लाह (ayatollāh), अयातुल्लाह (ayātullāh), आयातुल्लाह (āyātullāh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jə.t̪ʊl.lɑːɦ/, [äː.jɐ.t̪ʊl.läːʱ]
• Hyphenation: आ‧य‧तुल्‧लाह, आ‧य‧तुल्लाह
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Noun

आयतुल्लाह • (āyatullāh) m (Urdu spelling آیَتُ اْللّٰہ)

1. (Islam) ayatollah

Declension

Declension of आयतुल्लाह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आयतुल्लाह āytullāh	आयतुल्लाह āytullāh
oblique	आयतुल्लाह āytullāh	आयतुल्लाहों āytullāhõ
vocative	आयतुल्लाह āytullāh	आयतुल्लाहो āytullāho

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आयत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 90
• “آیت اللہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.