आयतुल्लाह

Hindi

Alternative forms
  • अयतोल्लाह (ayatollāh), अयातुल्लाह (ayātullāh), आयातुल्लाह (āyātullāh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (āyatu-llāh).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.jə.t̪ʊl.lɑːɦ/, [äː.jɐ.t̪ʊl.läːʱ]
  • Hyphenation: आ‧य‧तुल्‧लाह, आ‧य‧तुल्लाह
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Noun

आयतुल्लाह • (āyatullāh) m (Urdu spelling آیَتُ اْللّٰہ)

  1. (Islam) ayatollah

Declension
Declension of आयतुल्लाह (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct आयतुल्लाह
āytullāh		 आयतुल्लाह
āytullāh
oblique आयतुल्लाह
āytullāh		 आयतुल्लाहों
āytullāhõ
vocative आयतुल्लाह
āytullāh		 आयतुल्लाहो
āytullāho

Further reading
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आयत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 90
  • “آیت اللہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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