آیت‌الله

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic آيَة اللّٰه (āyat allāh), the "-to"/-tu" coming from the nominative form آيَةُ اللهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi) or آيَةُ الله (ʔāyatu llāh).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? āyatullāh
Dari reading? āyatullāh
Iranian reading? âyatollâh
Tajik reading? oyatulloh
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Noun

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Dari آیت‌الله
Iranian Persian
Tajik оятуллоҳ

آیَت‌ُٱلله (âyato-llâh) (plural آیت‌الله‌ها (âyato-llâh-hâ))

  1. ayatollah
  2. Ayatollah

Descendants

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