Allah

Betekenis (Engels)

God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

Sinonieme

God

Alan

god

Vertalings

Allah

Alá

Allah

الله

Allah

Allah

Alá

Al·là

Αλλάχ

Allah

Allah

Dieu

اللّٰه

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈlɑː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Aramees: אלה

Verwante met Hebreeus: אֵל

In summary

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-.-.