ਅੱਲਾਹ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَللّٰه‎ (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Noun

ਅੱਲਾਹ • (alāh) m (Shahmukhi spelling اللہ‎)

  1. (Islam), (Sikhism) God
    • Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Kabir, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 727:
      ਅਲਾਹ ਪਾਕੰ ਪਾਕ ਹੈ ਸਕ ਕਰਉ ਜੇ ਦੂਸਰ ਹੋਇ
      alāh pāk̃ pāk hae sak karu je dūsr hoe
      The Lord is the purest of the pure; only through doubt could there be another.
    Synonyms: ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ (vāhigurū), ਰੱਬ (rab)

See also
  • ਬਿਸਮਿੱਲਾ (bismilā)

References
  • “ਅੱਲਾਹ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2019
  • Singh, Maya (1895), “ਅੱਲਾਹ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons
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