Allah meaning
Origin of allah
- Arabic Allāh al- the ’ilāh god ℵl in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Arabic الله (allāh), contraction of اَل (al) + إِلَه (“ilāh”); cognate with the Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ \ אֱלֹהַּ (elóah), and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
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