إله

EtymologyEdit

From the root verb ألّهَ (’állaha, “to deify”); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈlaːh/
  • Egypt: IPA^(key): [ʔeˈlæːh]
  • Levant: IPA^(key): [ʔɪˈlaːh]
  • Central Arabia: IPA^(key): [ʔɪˈlæːh]
  • West Arabia: IPA^(key): [ʔeˈlaːh]
  • Persian Gulf: IPA^(key): [ʔɪˈlɑːh]
  • Tunisia: IPA^(key): [iˈlɛːh]
  • Algeria: IPA^(key): [ilɛh]
  • Morocco: IPA^(key): [ʔilæh], colloquially IPA^(key): [ʔlæh]

NounEdit

إلٰه • (ʾilāh) m, plural آلِهة (ʾāliha)‎; إلٰهة (ʾilāha)‎ f

1. deity, god (generic)