安拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (安拉)		安	拉
simp. #(安拉)		安	拉

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Ānlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄌㄚ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Анла (Anla, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Anla
    • Wade–Giles: An¹-la¹
    • Yale: Ān-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Anlha
    • Palladius: Аньла (Anʹla)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Анла (Anla, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /æ̃⁵¹ la²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ laai¹
    • Yale: ōn lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

安拉

1. (chiefly Mainland China, Islam) Allah

   感讚安拉／感赞安拉  ―  gǎnzàn Ānlā  ―  praise be to God (Islam)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 安拉 (“Allah”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		真主
Mandarin	Taiwan	阿拉, 真主
	Yinchuan	安拉, 真主, 為主的, 胡達
	Xining	胡達
	Ürümqi	胡達
	Singapore	真主, 阿拉
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胡達, 真主, 安拉, 安拉訇
Cantonese	Hong Kong	阿拉, 真主
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿拉, 真主
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿拉, 真主
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿拉, 真主
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿拉, 真主
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿拉, 真主
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿拉, 真主
Southern Min	Xiamen	真主