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{{bor+|fr|fa|آیتالله|tr=âyatollâh}}, from {{der|fr|ar|آيَةُ اللّٰه||sign of God}}, from {{m|ar|آيَة||[[sign]]}} + {{m|ar|اللّٰه||[[God]]}}. |
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Revision as of 11:23, 23 May 2023
Englisch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Nomen
ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)
Translations
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”).
Pronunciation
Nomen
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs, diminutive ayatollaatje n)
- A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
- Highest grade of theological scholarship in Shi'ism.
- (by extension) A (thought) leader or key figure in general.
- 2017, Alain Mouton, Het geld is op! De financiële putten van België:
- Van de ayatollah van de begrotingssanering die de Gentenaar in de jaren tachtig was, bleef er niet veel over.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Pronunciation
Nomen
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs)
- ayatollah
- (figuratively, derogatory) strong proponent of something; person behaving tyrannically and despotically in a particular matter
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Pronunciation
Nomen
ayatollah m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
Nomen
ayatollah m
- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla
Norwegian Nynorsk
Nomen
ayatollah m
Romanian
Etymology
From French ayatollah, from Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”), from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).
Nomen
ayatollah m (plural ayatollahi)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ayatollah | ayatollahul | (niște) ayatollahi | ayatollahii |
genitive/dative | (unui) ayatollah | ayatollahului | (unor) ayatollahi | ayatollahilor |
vocative | ayatollahule | ayatollahilor |
- English terms borrowed from Persian
- English terms derived from Persian
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ء ل ه
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English colloquialisms
- en:Islam
- Dutch terms borrowed from Persian
- Dutch terms derived from Persian
- Dutch terms derived from Arabic
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch terms with quotations
- French terms borrowed from Persian
- French terms derived from Persian
- French terms derived from Arabic
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French derogatory terms
- fr:Islam
- Italian terms borrowed from Persian
- Italian terms derived from Persian
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/a
- Rhymes:Italian/a/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with Y
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Islam
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål superseded forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk superseded forms
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Persian
- Romanian terms derived from Arabic
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian terms spelled with Y
- Romanian masculine nouns