अलह

Old Hindi

Alternative forms
  • अला (alā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله (allāh), from Arabic الله (allāh). Compare Old Punjabi ਅਲਹੁ (alahu /⁠allahu⁠/).

Noun

अलह (alaha)

  1. (Islam) Allah
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 280.5:
      पूरब देस हरी का बास
      पच्छिम अलह मुकांमां
      pūraba desa harī kā bāsa
      pacchima alaha mukā̃mā̃
      Is Hari’s abode in the country of the east?
      Is the home of Allah in the west?

Descendants
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: अल्लाह (allāh)
    Urdu: اللہ (allā, allāh)

Further reading
  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 514
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