胡達

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (胡達)		胡	達
simp. (胡达)		胡	达
alternative forms		胡大

Etymology

From Persian خدا (xudā) or Uyghur خۇدا (xuda).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Húdá

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄚˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Хўда (Hwda, I-I)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Húdá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Húdá
    • Wade–Giles: Hu²-ta²
    • Yale: Hú-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwudar
    • Palladius: Худа (Xuda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ tä³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Хўда (Hwda, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²⁴ ta²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Proper noun

胡達

1. (chiefly Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin) God; (Islam, specifically) Allah

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 安拉 (“Allah”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		真主
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	阿拉, 真主
	Malaysia	真主, 阿拉
	Singapore	真主, 阿拉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	胡達
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胡達, 真主, 安拉, 安拉訇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	安拉, 真主, 為主的, 胡達
	Ürümqi	胡達
Cantonese	Hong Kong	阿拉, 真主
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿拉, 真主
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿拉, 真主
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿拉, 真主
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿拉, 真主
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿拉, 真主
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿拉, 真主
Southern Min	Xiamen	真主