See also: Yàlla

Afar edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic يَا اللّٰه (yā allāh, Oh God). The vocative meaning was lost.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjalːa/, [ˈjʌlːʌ]
  • Hyphenation: Yal‧la

Proper noun edit

Yálla m

  1. God
    • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎[1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 1:
      Fulte Racmattaay, Gunê Racmattale Yallih Migaaqal Qimbisa.
      I begin in the name of God, who gives mercy and surpasses mercy.

Declension edit

Declension of Yálla
absolutive Yálla
predicative Yálla
subjective Yallí
genitive Yallí
vocative Yalláw
Postpositioned forms
l-case Yállal
k-case Yállak
t-case Yállat
h-case Yállah

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “Yalla”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)