اللہ

See also: الله and اللە

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله (allāh), from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh). First attested as Old Punjabi ਅਲਹੁ (alahu /⁠allahu⁠/). Compare Hindustani اَللہ (allh) / अल्लाह (allāh), Bengali আল্লাহ (allah), Malayalam അല്ലാഹു (allāhu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə˩˥l.laː/

Noun

اللہ • (allāhm (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲਾਹ or ਅੱਲਾ)

  1. (Islam, Sikhism) God
    Synonyms: واہِگرو (wāhegurū), رَبّ (rabb), پربھو (prabhū), خدا (khudā)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَللّٰه (allāh), from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh). First attested as Old Hindi अलह (alaha).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَللّٰہ or اللہ • (allāh or allām (Hindi spelling अल्लाह)

  1. (Islam) Allah
  2. God
    Synonym: خدا (xudā)

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • New Sanskrit: अल्लाह (allāha)

Further reading

  • اللہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • اللہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “الہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.