الله

Mane (Îngilîzî)

God

Têgeh

Xwedê

Elah

xudê

خوا

خودا

Ele

Ela

xwidê

rebî

ella

yêzdan

xwedê

Xweda

Allah

خوا Xwedê

Hevwate

الرب

الرَّبّ

الوَاجِد

الوَاحِد

مولى

إله

اﷲ

اللَه

الخالِق

الواجِد

الواحِد

الخَالِق

المعْبُود

المَعْبُود

Werger

Gott

Allah

Dio

Deus

Dieu

Dios

God

Déu

God

Allah

Deus

Θεός

Allah

Alá

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/aɫ.ɫaː(h)/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From the root ء ل ه (ʔ l h). Widely theorized to be a contraction of الٱِلٰه (al-ilāh, “God”), from الإلٰه (al-ʔilāh, “the deity”) with loss of initial hamza after the definite article ال (al-). Others suggest it is a variant spelling of the more ancient ألّٰه (allāh), the extra ل (l) serving as an emphatic marker to emphasize distinction, first attested in the Mecca and Taif region, and later in the Quran. Both proposed roots were current in pre-Islamic usage, particularly الإلٰه (al-ilāh) in Nabataean macaronic Arabic-Aramaic usage from which the singular use has presumably spread. Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔil-. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ (ʾalāhā), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (allāhā), Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā), Hebrew אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾelōah), and Old South Arabian 𐩱𐩡𐩠 (ʾlh).