allah

1. 1.

   Muslim name for the one and only God

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Other forms of allah

plural

allahs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about allah

What does allah mean?

allah means "Muslim name for the one and only God".

How many syllables are in allah?

allah has 2 syllables: al-lah. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈɑlə/.

Is allah a common word?

allah is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.