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Allah
//əˈlɑː// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts uncountable
"What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?"
Noun
- 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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