How do you pronounce allah?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈlɑː/.

allah

/əˈlɑː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: al-lah
IPA: /əˈlɑː/

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Meaning

name

God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Allah.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?"
"We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone."
"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

Etymology

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-.-.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: ء ل ه, اللّٰه, *ʾil-

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Alha (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

alhamdulillah Allahabad astaghfirullah ayatollah Baháʼu'lláh bismillah Hezbollah inshallah mashallah wallahi

Phrases

by the Grace of Allah

Rhymes With

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