اللہ
See also: الله
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian الله (allāh), from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh). First attested as Old Punjabi ਅਲਹੁ (alahu /allahu/). Compare Hindustani اَللہ / अल्लाह (allāh), Bengali আল্লাহ (allahô), Malayalam അല്ലാഹു (allāhu).
Noun
اللہ • (allāh, allā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲਾਹ or ਅੱਲਾ)
- (Islam, Sikhism) God
- Synonyms: واہِگرو (wāhegurū), رَبّ (rabb), پربھو (parbhū), خدا (khudā)
- Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Kabir, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 727:
- اللہ پاکں پاک ہے شکّ کرو جے دوسر ہوئے
- allāh pāk̃ pāk hae shak karu je dūsar hoe
- The Lord is the purest of the pure; only through doubt could there be another.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed either via Persian الله (allâh) or directly from Arabic الله (allāh). First attested as Old Hindi अलह (alaha). Compare Punjabi ਅੱਲਾਹ (allāh), ਅੱਲਾ (allā) / اللہ (allāh, allā), Bengali আল্লাহ (allahô), Malayalam അല്ലാഹു (allāhu).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əl.lɑː/, /əl.lɑːɦ/
Noun
اللہ • (allā, allāh) m (Hindi spelling अल्लाह)
- (Islam) Allah
- God
- Synonym: خدا (xudā)
Coordinate terms
- رب (rab)
- بھگوان (bhagvān)
- ایشور (īśvar)
Descendants
- → New Sanskrit: अल्लाह (allāha)
Further reading
- “اللہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اللہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “الہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “اله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.