Allahu akbar

See also: allahu akbar

English

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Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌaləhuː ˈakbɑː/, /əˌlɑːhuː ˈakbɑː/

Interjection

Allahu akbar

  1. (Islam) God is most great; the Muslim takbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving. [from 17th c.]
    • 1742, James Fraser, The History of Nadir Shah, London, page 126n:
      Tokbîr is repeating three times these Words, اللّٰه أكبر Allah Akbar, which is to say, GOD is Greatest, before the Kelmah abovementioned.
    • 2004 June 22, Yuri Bagrov, The Guardian:
      The official said it was not immediately clear who the attackers were, but said some of them were shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a frequent cry of Chechnya's separatist rebels.

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Swedish

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Interjection

Allahu akbar

  1. (Islam) Allahu akbar

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˌlahu ʔakˈbaɾ/ [ʔɐˌlaː.hʊ ʔɐkˈbaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: A‧lla‧hu ak‧bar

Interjection

Allahu akbár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜓ ᜀᜃ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔) (Islam)

  1. Allahu akbar
    Synonym: ang Diyos ay dakila