अल्लाह

अल्लाह

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अल्ला (allā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله‎ (allāh), from Arabic اللّٰه‎ (allāh). First attested as Old Hindi अलह (alaha). Compare Punjabi ਅੱਲਾਹ (allāh), ਅੱਲਾ (allā) / اللہ‎ (allāh, allā), Bengali আল্লাহ (allahô), Malayalam അല്ലാഹു (allāhu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əl.lɑːɦ/, [əl̪.l̪äːɦ]

Noun

अल्लाह • (allāh) m (Urdu spelling اَللہ‎)

1. (Islam) Allah
2. God

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान

Declension

Declension of अल्लाह (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	अल्लाह allāh
oblique	अल्लाह allāh
vocative	अल्लाह allāh

Derived terms

• अल्लाह हाफ़िज़ (allāh hāfiz)
• अल्लाहो अकबर (allāho akbar)

Descendants

• → New Sanskrit: अल्लाह (allāha)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अल्लाह”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 46
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अल्लाह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 335
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अल्लाह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 60
• Platts, John T. (1884), “الله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 77* “अल्लाह”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬅᬮ᭄ᬮᬵᬳ (Balinese script)
• অল্লাহ (Assamese script)
• অল্লাহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌹 (Grantha script)
• અલ્લાહ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਲੑਲਾਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦭ꧀ꦭꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• អល្លាហ (Khmer script)
• ಅಲ್ಲಾಹ (Kannada script)
• ອລ຺ລາຫ (Lao script)
• അല്ലാഹ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘰𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠯᠯᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠᠯᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• အလ္လာဟ (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧑𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଅଲ୍ଲାହ (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢭ꣄ꢭꢵꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖮 (Siddham script)
• අල්ලාහ (Sinhalese script)
• అల్లాహ (Telugu script)
• อลฺลาห (Thai script)
• ཨ་ལླཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒯 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Hindustani اَللہ‎ / अल्लाह (allāh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐl̪ˈl̪ɑː.ɦɐ/

Noun

अल्लाह • (allāha) m (neologism)

1. (Islam) God

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अल्लाह (allāha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अल्लाहः allāhaḥ	अल्लाहौ allāhau	अल्लाहाः / अल्लाहासः¹ allāhāḥ / allāhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अल्लाह allāha	अल्लाहौ allāhau	अल्लाहाः / अल्लाहासः¹ allāhāḥ / allāhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अल्लाहम् allāham	अल्लाहौ allāhau	अल्लाहान् allāhān
Instrumental	अल्लाहेन allāhena	अल्लाहाभ्याम् allāhābhyām	अल्लाहैः / अल्लाहेभिः¹ allāhaiḥ / allāhebhiḥ¹
Dative	अल्लाहाय allāhāya	अल्लाहाभ्याम् allāhābhyām	अल्लाहेभ्यः allāhebhyaḥ
Ablative	अल्लाहात् allāhāt	अल्लाहाभ्याम् allāhābhyām	अल्लाहेभ्यः allāhebhyaḥ
Genitive	अल्लाहस्य allāhasya	अल्लाहयोः allāhayoḥ	अल्लाहानाम् allāhānām
Locative	अल्लाहे allāhe	अल्लाहयोः allāhayoḥ	अल्लाहेषु allāheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic