Allah

//əˈlɑː// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts uncountable

    "What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?"

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Allah. alt-of, uncountable

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-.-.

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