آیت اللہ

See also: آیت‌الله

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (āyatu-l-lāh).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jə.t̪ʊl.lɑːɦ/
Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Noun

آیَتُ اْللّٰہ • (āyatu llāh) m (Hindi spelling आयतुल्लाह)

(Islam) ayatollah

Declension

Declension of **آیت اللہ**
	singular	plural
direct	آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (āyatu llāh)	آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (āyatu llāh)
oblique	آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (āyatu llāh)	آیَتُ اْللّٰہوں (āyatu llāhõ)
vocative	آیَتُ اْللّٰہ (āyatu llāh)	آیَتُ اْللّٰہو (āyatu llāho)

Further reading

“آیت اللہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“آیت اللہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.