allah

/əˈlɑː/

allah is the alternative letter-case form of Allah.

Proper noun capitalized: Allah

Allah

God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
- What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?
- We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, →OL, page 273

Forms of allah

alternative form (obsolete)	Alha

Origin of allah

From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.

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Questions about allah

What does allah mean?: Allah means god, in Islamic or Arabic contexts.
What is allah the alternative letter-case form of?: Allah is the alternative letter-case form of Allah.
What part of speech is allah?: Allah is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce allah?: Allah is pronounced /əˈlɑː/.

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