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 (allah), Malayalam അല്ലാഹു (allāhu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əl.lɑːɦ/, [ɐl.läːʱ]

Noun

अल्लाह • (allāh) m (Urdu spelling اَللّٰہ)

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
• 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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অল্লাহ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬮ᭄ᬮᬵᬳ (Balinese script)
• অল্লাহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• အလ္လာဟ (Burmese script)
• અલ્લાહ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਲ੍ਲਾਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦭ꧀ꦭꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂰𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಲ್ಲಾಹ (Kannada script)
• អល្លាហ (Khmer script)
• ອລ຺ລາຫ (Lao script)
• അല്ലാഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠯᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘰𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠯᠯᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧑𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଅଲ୍ଲାହ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢭ꣄ꢭꢵꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖮 (Siddham script)
• අල‍්ලාහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚭𑚩 (Takri script)
• அல்லாஹ (Tamil script)
• అల్లాహ (Telugu script)
• อลฺลาห (Thai script)
• ཨ་ལླཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Hindustani اَللّٰہ (allāh) / अल्लाह (allāh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐl̪.l̪ɑː.ɦɐ/

Noun

अल्लाह • (allāha) stem, m (neologism)

1. (Islam) God

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अल्लाह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अल्लाहः (allāhaḥ)	अल्लाहौ (allāhau) अल्लाहा¹ (allāhā¹)	अल्लाहाः (allāhāḥ) अल्लाहासः¹ (allāhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अल्लाहम् (allāham)	अल्लाहौ (allāhau) अल्लाहा¹ (allāhā¹)	अल्लाहान् (allāhān)
instrumental	अल्लाहेन (allāhena)	अल्लाहाभ्याम् (allāhābhyām)	अल्लाहैः (allāhaiḥ) अल्लाहेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	अल्लाह (allāha)	अल्लाहौ (allāhau) अल्लाहा¹ (allāhā¹)	अल्लाहाः (allāhāḥ) अल्लाहासः¹ (allāhāsaḥ¹)

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