阿亞圖拉

See also: 阿亚图拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿亞圖拉)		阿	亞	圖	拉
simp. (阿亚图拉)		阿	亚	图	拉

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu allāh, “sign of God”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āyàtúlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ aa³ tou⁴ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āyàtúlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ayàtúla
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-ya⁴-tʻu²-la¹
    • Yale: ā-yà-tú-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayahtwulha
    • Palladius: аятула (ajatula)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ jä⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ aa³ tou⁴ laai¹
    • Yale: a a tòuh lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ aa³ tou⁴ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ a³ tou⁴ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ aː³³ tʰou̯²¹ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

阿亞圖拉

1. (Islam) ayatollah (a religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism)