Mashallah

See also: mashallah

English

Etymology

From Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (mā šāʔa l-lah).

Proper noun

Mashallah

1. (Islam) A male given name from Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (mā šāʔa l-lah, “God willed it”)
   • 2015, Nasrin Rahimieh, Iranian Culture: Representation and Identity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 19:

     At this early stage of the narrative, this manner of describing Mashallah's state of mind foreshadows a more radical loss of self, i.e., a journey that transforms him from an ordinary and insignificant bank guard to a visitor to the court of Harun...

   • 2006, Irene Gill, Oma, Mu and Me, APS Publishing:

     Mashallah, the cook, housekeeper and moral guardian of the family, had a different relationship with each of us. For Achim he felt deep respect, with some distance; he was jealous of Marianne, fearing for his sovereignty in the domestic sphere;...

Anagrams

• mahallahs