Yalla
See also: Yàlla
Afar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic يَا اللّٰه (yā allāh, “Oh God”). The vocative meaning was lost.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Yálla m
- 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | Yálla | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | Yálla | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | Yallí | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | Yallí | |||||||||||||||||
vocative | Yalláw | |||||||||||||||||
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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)