Allahu akbar

See also: allahu akbar

English

Alternative forms

Flag of 1930s Waziristan (Pakistan) resistance movement: الله أكبر

Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر

• Allah akbar
• Ola hu Uber (India, slang, derogatory)

Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌaləhuː ˈakbɑː/, /əˌlɑːhuː ˈakbɑː/

Interjection

Allahu akbar

1. (Islam) "God is most great"; the Muslim takbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving. [from 17th c.]
   • 1742, James Fraser, The History of Nadir Shah, London, page 126n:

     Tokbîr is repeating three times these Words, اللّٰه أكبر Allah Akbar, which is to say, GOD is Greatest, before the Kelmah abovementioned.

   • 2004 June 22, Yuri Bagrov, The Guardian:

     The official said it was not immediately clear who the attackers were, but said some of them were shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a frequent cry of Chechnya's separatist rebels.

Translations

Muslim takbir (proclamation)

• Arabic: اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar)
• Azerbaijani: Əllahu əkbər
• Bengali: আল্লাহু আকবার (bn) (allahu akbar), আল্লাহু আকবর (allahu akbor)
• Bulgarian: Аллаху екбер (Allahu ekber)
• Chechen: ^{(please verify)} Аллахӏу акбар (Allahu akbar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真主至大 (zh) (Zhēnzhǔ zhìdà), 安拉至大 (Ānlā zhìdà), 阿拉花瓜 (zh) (Ālāhuāguā) (Taiwan, slang, derogatory)

• Dargwa: Аллагьу акбар (Allahu akbar)
• Dutch: God is het grootst, Allahoe akbar
• Finnish: Allahu akbar, Jumala on suurin
• French: Allah akbar, Allahu akbar (fr), Allahou akbar
• German: Allahu akbar
• Hebrew: אללה אכבר (allāh akbar)
• Hindi: अल्लाहो अकबर (allāho akbar), अल्लाहु अकबर (allāhu akbar), अल्लाहू अकबर (allāhū akbar), अल्लाह अकबर (allāh akbar), तकबीर (hi) (takbīr)
• Hungarian: Allahu akbár, Allah akbár
• Indonesian: Allahu Akbar (id)
• Japanese: アッラーフ・アクバル (Arrāfu akubaru)
• Kazakh: Аллаһу әкбар (Allahu äkbar), Аллаһ әкбар (Allah äkbar)
• Korean: 알라후 아크바르 (Allahu akeubareu)
• Macedonian: Алаху екбер (Alahu ekber)
• Malay: Allahu akbar, Allah maha besar
• Navajo: Diyin God éí ayóóʼátʼé, NihiTaaʼ ayóóʼátʼéii
• Ottoman Turkish: الله اكبر
• Pashto: الله اکبر (allaho akbar)
• Persian: اَللهُ اَکْبَر (allâho akbar)
• Polish: Allach akbar, Allachu akbar
• Portuguese: allahu akbar, Alá akbar
• Russian: Алла́х а́кбар (Alláx ákbar), Алла́ху а́кбар (Alláxu ákbar), Алла́х вели́к (Alláx velík)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алаху екбер, Аллаху екбер

  Roman: Alahu ekber, Allahu ekber

• Swedish: Allahu akbar, Allah akbar
• Tajik: Оллоҳ акбар (Olloh akbar)
• Tatar: Аллаһу әкбәр (Allahu äkbär), Аллаһ әкбәр (Allah äkbär)
• Thai: อัลลอหุอักบัร (an-lɔɔ-hù àk-ban), อัลลอหฺทรงยิ่งใหญ่ (an-lɔɔ song yîng-yài), อัลลอหฺยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุด (an-lɔɔ yîng-yài tîi-sùt), อัลลอฮุอักบัร (an-lɔɔ-hú àk-ban)
• Turkish: Allah'u ekber, Allah-u ekber, Allahu ekber (tr), Tanrı uludur (historical, used during Ataturk's time)
• Turkmen: Allah akbar
• Urdu: اَلْلٰہُ اَکْبَر (allāhu akbar)
• Uyghur: ئاللاھۇ ئەكبەر (allahu ekber)
• Uzbek: Alloh akbar

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Allah akbar

Interjection

Allahu akbar

1. (Islam) Allahu akbar

See also

• Allah
• islam

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˌlahu ʔakˈbaɾ/ [ʔɐˌlaː.hʊ ʔɐkˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: A‧lla‧hu ak‧bar

Interjection

Allahu akbár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜓ ᜀᜃ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. Allahu akbar

   Synonym: ang Diyos ay dakila