Word
allah
Phoneticsal·lah
/ˈɑɫə/
Definition
n. the name for God used by Muslims and Arabic-speaking people.
n. the proper name of the one God in Islam; also the standard term for God used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews.
Examples
“Muslims pray to Allah five times a day.”
“During the month of Ramadan, many people spend extra time in the mosque seeking a closer connection to Allah.”
“The calligraphy on the mosque walls beautifully depicts the name of Allah, serving as a visual reminder of the divine presence for the congregation.”
Examples
simple
“Muslims pray to Allah five times a day.”
contextual
“During the month of Ramadan, many people spend extra time in the mosque seeking a closer connection to Allah.”
complex
“The calligraphy on the mosque walls beautifully depicts the name of Allah, serving as a visual reminder of the divine presence for the congregation.”
Usage
Always capitalized in English as a proper noun.
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-.-.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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