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ayatollah
English
Alternative forms
- ayatolla
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”), from ????? (??ya, “sign”) + ??????? (all?h, “God”).
Noun
ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)
- A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
- (colloquial) An authority on any subject.
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?.ja??t?.la?/
- Hyphenation: aya?tol?lah
Noun
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.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”), from ????? (??ya, “sign”) + ??????? (all?h, “God”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ja.t?.la/
Noun
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 ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”), from ????? (??ya, “sign”) + ??????? (all?h, “God”).
Noun
ayatollah m (invariable)
- ayatollah
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ayatollah m
- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ayatollah m
- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla
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caliph
English
Alternative forms
- calif, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifa
Etymology
From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic ????????? (?al?fa, “caliph”) and ??????? (?al?f, “successor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ke??l?f/, /?kæl?f/
Noun
caliph (plural caliphs)
- The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- chapli, haplic
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