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Allah

name
/əˈlɑː/

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-.-.

  1. derived from *ʾil-✻
  2. derived from اللّٰه

Definitions

  1. God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

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

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Allah.

The neighborhood

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