ayatollah
English
Alternative forms
- ayatolla
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʾāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Noun
ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)
- A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
- (colloquial) An authority on any subject.
Translations
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaː.jaːˈtɔ.laː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aya‧tol‧lah
Noun
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs, diminutive ayatollaatje n)
- A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
- Highest grade of theological scholarship in Shi'ism.
- (by extension) A (thought) leader or key figure in general.
- 2017, Alain Mouton, Het geld is op! De financiële putten van België.
- Van de ayatollah van de begrotingssanering die de Gentenaar in de jaren tachtig was, bleef er niet veel over.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2017, Alain Mouton, Het geld is op! De financiële putten van België.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʾāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ja.tɔ.la/
Audio (file)
Noun
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs)
- ayatollah
- (figuratively, derogatory) strong proponent of something; person behaving tyrannically and despotically in a particular matter
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʾāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ja.tolˈla/**
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
ayatollah m (invariable)
- ayatollah
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ayatollah m
- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ayatollah m
- (pre-1984) alternative form of ayatolla
Romanian
Etymology
From French ayatollah, from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʾāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʾāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Noun
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahi)
- ayatollah
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ayatollah | ayatollahul | (niște) ayatollahi | ayatollahii |
genitive/dative | (unui) ayatollah | ayatollahului | (unor) ayatollahi | ayatollahilor |
vocative | ayatollahule | ayatollahilor |