Allah

See also: Alláh and allah

English

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Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɑː/, /ˈɑːlɑː/, /ˌɑːˈlɑː/ (pronunciation which is close to the standard Arabic pronunciation [ʔalˤˈlˤɑːh])
• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lə/, /ˈɑːlə/ (anglicized pronunciations; close to dialectal Arabic [ˈʔɑlˤlˤa])

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ælə

Proper noun

Allah (plural Allahs)

2. (Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

   What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?

   • 1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, →OL, page 273:

     We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.

Usage notes

While in Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding English term Allah to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word in English as God, as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

Derived terms

• Allahabad
• ayatollah
• Hezbollah
• bismillah
• Baháʼu'lláh
• by the Grace of Allah
• inshallah
• wallahi
• astaghfirullah
• mashallah

Translations

God, in Islam

• Adyghe: Алахь (Alaḥ)
• Afrikaans: Allah
• Albanian: Allah (sq) m, Allahu (sq) m
• Amharic: አላህ (ʾälah)
• Arabic: اللّٰه (ar) m (allāh)
• Armenian: Ալլահ (hy) (Allah)
• Assamese: আল্লাহ (allah)
• Avar: Аллагь (Allah)
• Azerbaijani: Allah (az)

  Arabic: الله (az)

  Cyrillic: Аллаһ

• Bashkir: Аллаһ (Allah), Алла (Alla)
• Belarusian: Ала́х m (Aláx), Ала́г m (Aláh) (obsolete), Алла́г m (Alláh) (obsolete)
• Bengali: আল্লাহ (bn) (allah)
• Bulgarian: Алла́х (bg) m (Alláh)
• Burmese: အလ္လာဟ် (my) (allah)
• Catalan: Al·là
• Chechen: Аллахӏ (Allah)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿拉 (yue) (aa³ laa¹), 真主 (zan¹ zyu²)

  Dungan: Анлахў (Anlahw), Анла (Anla)

  Hokkien: 真主 (chin-chú)

  Mandarin: 安拉 (zh) (Ānlā), 阿拉 (zh) (Ālā), 真主 (zh) (Zhēnzhǔ)

  Wu: 真主 (¹tsen-tsy)

• Crimean Tatar: Alla
• Czech: Alláh (cs) m
• Danish: Allah c
• Dhivehi: އައްލާހު (allāhu)
• Dutch: Allah (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆེའི་ལྷ (kha che'i lha), ཨཱལ་ལཱ (āl lā)
• Esperanto: Alaho (eo) m
• Estonian: Allah (et)
• Finnish: Allah (fi)
• French: Allah (fr) m
• Galician: Alá (gl)
• Georgian: ალაჰი (alahi)
• German: Allah (de) m
• Greek: Αλλάχ (el) m (Allách)
• Gujarati: અલ્લાહ m (allāh), ખુદા m (khudā)
• Hausa: Allah (ha)
• Hebrew: אַלְלָה m (allá)
• Hindi: अल्लाह (hi) m (allāh)
• Hungarian: Allah (hu)
• Icelandic: Allah m
• Indonesian: Allah (id)
• Irish: Allah m
• Italian: Allah (it) m
• Japanese: アッラーフ (ja) (Arrāfu), アッラー (ja) (Arrā), アラー (ja) (Arā)
• Javanese: ꦄꦭ꧀ꦭꦃ (jv) (allah)
• Kannada: ಅಲ್ಲಾಹ (allāha)
• Kazakh: Аллаһ (kk) (Allah)
• Khmer: អល់ឡោះ (ʼɑllɑh)
• Korean: 알라 (ko) (Alla), 알라신 (Allasin) (proscribed)
• Kumyk: Аллагь (Allah)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەڵڵا (ckb) (elllla), خوا (xwa), خودا (ckb) (xuda)

  Northern Kurdish: Xwedê (ku), Ellah (ku), Xweda (ku), Xuda (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Алла (Alla), Аллах (Allah)
• Ladino: Alá
• Lao: ອັນເລາະ (ʼan lǫ)
• Latin: Allah m
• Latvian: Allāhs m
• Lezgi: Аллагь (Allah)
• Lithuanian: Alachas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Allah (nds)

• Macedonian: Алах m (Alah)
• Malay: Allah (ms)

  Jawi: الله (ms)

• Malayalam: അല്ലാഹു (allāhu)
• Maltese: Alla (mt) m
• Manipuri: ꯑꯂꯥ (mni) (ʼalaa)
• Marathi: अल्लाह m (allāh)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Аллах (Allax)

  Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠯᠠᠾ (allah)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Allah m

• Odia: ଅଲ୍ଲାହ (allāha)
• Ossetian: Аллах (Allax)
• Pashto: الله (ps) m (allāh)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: اَلله (fa) (allāh)

  Dari: اَلله (fa) (allāh)

  Iranian Persian: اَلله (fa) (allâh)

• Polish: Allah (pl) m, Allach (pl) m, Ałłach m (archaic)
• Portuguese: Alá (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਅੱਲਾ (pa) m (allā)
• Romanian: Allah m

  Cyrillic: Аллах m (Allah)

• Russian: Алла́х (ru) m (Alláx)
• Sanskrit: अल्लाह् m (allāh)
• Scots: Allah
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀лла̄х m, А̀ла̄х m

  Roman: Àllāh m, Àlāh m

• Sinhalese: අල්ලාහ් (allāh)
• Slovak: Alah m
• Slovene: Alah m
• Somali: Allaah
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Allah m (indecl.)

• Spanish: Alá (es) m
• Swahili: Allah (sw)
• Swedish: Allah (sv) c
• Tajik: Оллоҳ (tg) (Olloh), Аллоҳ (Alloh)
• Tamil: அல்லா (ta) (allā)
• Tatar: Аллах (Allax), Алла (tt) (Alla)
• Telugu: అల్లాహ్ (te) (allāh)
• Thai: อัลลอฮ์ (an-lɔɔ)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ལ (a la)
• Tigrinya: አላህ (ʾälah)
• Turkish: Allah (tr)
• Turkmen: Allah

  Cyrillic: Аллах

• Ukrainian: Алла́х (uk) m (Alláx), Алла́г m (Alláh), Алла́ m (Allá) (rare)
• Urdu: اَللّٰہ (ur) m (allāh)
• Uyghur: ئاللاھ (ug) (allah)
• Uzbek: Alloh

  Cyrillic: Аллоҳ (Alloh)

• Vietnamese: A-la (vi), thánh A-la, đức A-la
• Welsh: Al-lâh, Allah
• Western Panjabi: الله
• Yakut: Аллаах (Allaaq)
• Yiddish: אַלאַ m (ala), אללה m (ala)
• Yoruba: Allah

See also

• Appendix:The 99 names of Allah

Further reading

• Names of God in Islam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• halal

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اَللّٰه, from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah (definite Allahu, accusative Allahun, dative Allahut)

1. Allah

Further reading

• Jungg, G. (1895) “Aλah”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary]‎^[1]
• “Allah”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “Allah”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3]
• “Allah”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Аллаһ
Abjad	classical sp	الله
	new sp	آللاه

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh).

Proper noun

Allah

1. Allah, God

   Synonyms: Allah-təala, tanrı; see also Thesaurus:Allah

   Allah qoysa ― God willing (literally, “if the God lets”)

   Allah qoysa gələn ay təzə işə başlayıram. ― I am starting a new job next month, God willing

   Allah rəhmət eləsin ― May s/he rest in peace

   Allah saxlasın ― May God watch over him/her

   Allah sizi qorusun ― May God protect you

   Allah şəfa versin ― Get well soon (literally, “May God give you recovery”)

   Allah canını sağ eləsin ― May give him/her good health

   Allah sizdən razı olsun ― May God be pleased with you

   Allah islah eləsin ― May God correct you.

   Allah ağıl versin ― May God give you reason

   Allah köməyin olsun ― May God help you

   Allah bəlasını versin ― May God punish him/her

   Allah sizi bu bəladan qurtarsın ― May God save you from/rid you of this calamity

   Allaha and olsun ― by God

   Allaha and olsun ki, mənim bundan xəbərim yox idi. ― I swear by God, I had no clue about this.

   Allaha tapşırdım sizi ― Godspeed

   Allaha xatir ― for God's sake

   Allaha şükür ― thank God

Declension

Declension of Allah
	singular	plural
nominative	Allah	Allahlar
definite accusative	Allahı	Allahları
dative	Allaha	Allahlara
locative	Allahda	Allahlarda
ablative	Allahdan	Allahlardan
definite genitive	Allahın	Allahların

Possessive forms of Allah
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahım	Allahlarım
sənin (“your”)	Allahın	Allahların
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahı	Allahları
bizim (“our”)	Allahımız	Allahlarımız
sizin (“your”)	Allahınız	Allahlarınız
onların (“their”)	Allahı or Allahları	Allahları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımı	Allahlarımı
sənin (“your”)	Allahını	Allahlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahını	Allahlarını
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızı	Allahlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızı	Allahlarınızı
onların (“their”)	Allahını or Allahlarını	Allahlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahıma	Allahlarıma
sənin (“your”)	Allahına	Allahlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahına	Allahlarına
bizim (“our”)	Allahımıza	Allahlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	Allahınıza	Allahlarınıza
onların (“their”)	Allahına or Allahlarına	Allahlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımda	Allahlarımda
sənin (“your”)	Allahında	Allahlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahında	Allahlarında
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızda	Allahlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızda	Allahlarınızda
onların (“their”)	Allahında or Allahlarında	Allahlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımdan	Allahlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	Allahından	Allahlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahından	Allahlarından
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızdan	Allahlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızdan	Allahlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	Allahından or Allahlarından	Allahlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Allahımın	Allahlarımın
sənin (“your”)	Allahının	Allahlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahının	Allahlarının
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızın	Allahlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızın	Allahlarınızın
onların (“their”)	Allahının or Allahlarının	Allahlarının

Further reading

• “Allah” in Obastan.com.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.laː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Allah

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑh/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝h]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑh
• Hyphenation^(key): Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah

1. Allah

Declension

Inflection of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Allah	—
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
illative		Allahiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Allah	—
accusative	nom.	Allah	—
	gen.	Allahin
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
inessive		Allahissa	—
elative		Allahista	—
illative		Allahiin	—
adessive		Allahilla	—
ablative		Allahilta	—
allative		Allahille	—
essive		Allahina	—
translative		Allahiksi	—
abessive		Allahitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Allahini — accusative nom. Allahini — gen. Allahini genitive Allahini — partitive Allahiani — inessive Allahissani — elative Allahistani — illative Allahiini — adessive Allahillani — ablative Allahiltani — allative Allahilleni — essive Allahinani — translative Allahikseni — abessive Allahittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Allahisi — accusative nom. Allahisi — gen. Allahisi genitive Allahisi — partitive Allahiasi — inessive Allahissasi — elative Allahistasi — illative Allahiisi — adessive Allahillasi — ablative Allahiltasi — allative Allahillesi — essive Allahinasi — translative Allahiksesi — abessive Allahittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Allahimme — accusative nom. Allahimme — gen. Allahimme genitive Allahimme — partitive Allahiamme — inessive Allahissamme — elative Allahistamme — illative Allahiimme — adessive Allahillamme — ablative Allahiltamme — allative Allahillemme — essive Allahinamme — translative Allahiksemme — abessive Allahittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Allahinne — accusative nom. Allahinne — gen. Allahinne genitive Allahinne — partitive Allahianne — inessive Allahissanne — elative Allahistanne — illative Allahiinne — adessive Allahillanne — ablative Allahiltanne — allative Allahillenne — essive Allahinanne — translative Allahiksenne — abessive Allahittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Allahinsa — accusative nom. Allahinsa — gen. Allahinsa genitive Allahinsa — partitive Allahiaan Allahiansa — inessive Allahissaan Allahissansa — elative Allahistaan Allahistansa — illative Allahiinsa — adessive Allahillaan Allahillansa — ablative Allahiltaan Allahiltansa — allative Allahilleen Allahillensa — essive Allahinaan Allahinansa — translative Allahikseen Allahiksensa — abessive Allahittaan Allahittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• halla

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈala/, /aˈlaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: aller (nonstandard)

Proper noun

Allah m (proper noun, strong, genitive Allahs)

1. Allah (God in Islam)

Further reading

• “Allah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔál.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔál.làː]

Proper noun

Allā̀h m

1. Allah, God

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Allah, from Classical Malay Allah (“Allah; God”); from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ(l)lɑh/, [ɑ(ɫ)ɫɑh] (only in Muslim lexicon)
• IPA^(key): /ɑwloh/, [ɔwɫɔh] (only in Muslim lexicon, prescribed)
• IPA^(key): /a(l)lah/, [a(l)lah] (only in Christian lexicon)
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah

1. (Islam) Allah
2. (Christianity) God.

   Akulah TUHAN (YHWH), Allahmu (your God), yang membawa engkau keluar dari tanah Mesir, dari tempat perbudakan. (Keluaran 20:2) ― I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:2)

Usage notes

In Indonesian translations of the Bible, Hebrew אֱלֹהִים (elohím) is translated into Allah instead of ilah in contradiction with Indonesian Islamic terminology. The usage by Islam and Christianity contexts reflected the Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) which is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, unlike the controversial Malaysian Standard Malay Allah for Christian usage.

Derived terms

• keallahan

 

See also

• Tuhan

Further reading

• “Allah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• الله

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]
• Rhymes: -ah

Proper noun

Allah (Jawi spelling الله)

1. (Islam) Allah
2. (Christianity) God

Usage notes

Although Malaysian Christians have fought for the right to use "Allah" to refer to God in Christian contexts, citing its use by Arab Christians as a precedent, the Malaysian courts have ruled that using "Allah" outside Islamic contexts is illegal.

See also

• Tuhan / توهن

Polish

Alternative forms

• Allach

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الله (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.lax/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -allax
• Syllabification: Al‧lah
• Homophone: Allach

Proper noun

Allah m pers

1. (Islam) Allah (God in Islam)

Declension

Declension of Allah

	singular
nominative	Allah
genitive	Allaha
dative	Allahowi
accusative	Allaha
instrumental	Allahem
locative	Allahu
vocative	Allahu

Further reading

• Allah in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈla/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈla/

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Alternative spelling of Alá

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Alah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah m (Cyrillic spelling Аллах)

1. (Islam) Allah

See also

• Bog

Swedish

Proper noun

Allah ? (genitive Allahs)

1. (Islam) Allah

Derived terms

• Allahu akbar
• inshallah
• jalla
• wallah

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الله, from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫːɑh/

Proper noun

Allah (definite accusative Allah'ı, plural Allah'lar)

1. (Islam) Allah

Usage notes

When viewed as a proper noun – the predominant Islamic view – the orthographic rules require writing the oblique cases of the word with an apostrophe before the case suffix. When viewed as a common noun, spelt almost unanimously with a capital “A” out of respect, no apostrophe should be inserted.

Declension

    declension of Allah

	singular	plural
nominative	Allah	Allahlar / Allah'lar
accusative	Allah'ı	Allahları / Allah'ları
dative	Allah'a	Allahlara / Allah'lara
locative	Allah'ta	Allahlarda / Allah'larda
ablative	Allah'tan	Allahlardan / Allah'lardan
genitive	Allah'ın	Allahların / Allah'ların

    possessive of Allah

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Allah'ım	Allahlarım / Allah'larım
senin (your)	Allah'ın	Allahların / Allah'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Allah'ı	Allahları / Allah'ları
bizim (our)	Allah'ımız	Allahlarımız / Allah'larımız
sizin (your)	Allah'ınız	Allahlarınız / Allah'larınız
onların (their)	Allah'ı / Allahları / Allah'ları	Allahları / Allah'ları

Derived terms

• Allah Allah
• Allah'a ısmarladık
• estağfurallah
• inşallah
• maşallah

 

See also

• tanrı