Allah

(Inglese)

God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/əˈlɑː/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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-.-.

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