English
Etymology
From Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌaləhuː ˈakbɑː/, /əˌlɑːhuː ˈakbɑː/
Interjection
Allahu akbar
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
Muslim takbir (proclamation)
- Arabic: اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar)
- Azerbaijani: Əllahu əkbər
- Bengali: আল্লাহু আকবার (bn) (allahu akbar), আল্লাহু আকবর (allahu akbor)
- Bulgarian: Аллаху екбер (Allahu ekber)
- Chechen: (please verify) Аллахӏу акбар (Allahu akbar)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 真主至大 (zh) (Zhēnzhǔ zhìdà), 安拉至大 (Ānlā zhìdà), 阿拉花瓜 (zh) (Ālāhuāguā) (Taiwan, slang, derogatory)
- Dargwa: Аллагьу акбар (Allahu akbar)
- Dutch: God is het grootst, Allahoe akbar
- Finnish: Allahu akbar, Jumala on suurin
- French: Allah akbar, Allahu akbar (fr), Allahou akbar
- German: Allahu akbar
- Hebrew: אללה אכבר (allāh akbar)
- Hindi: अल्लाहो अकबर (allāho akbar), अल्लाहु अकबर (allāhu akbar), अल्लाहू अकबर (allāhū akbar), अल्लाह अकबर (allāh akbar), तकबीर (hi) (takbīr)
- Hungarian: Allahu akbár, Allah akbár
- Indonesian: Allahu Akbar (id)
- Japanese: アッラーフ・アクバル (Arrāfu akubaru)
- Kazakh: Аллаһу әкбар (Allahu äkbar), Аллаһ әкбар (Allah äkbar)
- Korean: 알라후 아크바르 (Allahu akeubareu)
- Macedonian: А́лаху а́кбар (Álahu ákbar)
- Malay: Allahu akbar, Allah maha besar
- Navajo: Diyin God éí ayóóʼátʼé, NihiTaaʼ ayóóʼátʼéii
- Ottoman Turkish: الله اكبر
- Pashto: الله اکبر (allaho akbar)
- Persian: اَللهُ اَکْبَر (allâho akbar)
- Polish: Allach akbar, Allachu akbar
- Portuguese: allahu akbar, Alá akbar
- Russian: Алла́х а́кбар (Alláx ákbar), Алла́ху а́кбар (Alláxu ákbar), Алла́х вели́к (Alláx velík)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Алаху екбер, Аллаху екбер
- Roman: Alahu ekber, Allahu ekber
- Swedish: Allahu akbar, Allah akbar
- Tajik: Оллоҳ акбар (Olloh akbar)
- Tatar: Аллаһу әкбәр (Allahu äkbär), Аллаһ әкбәр (Allah äkbär)
- Thai: อัลลอหุอักบัร (an-lɔɔ-hù àk-ban), อัลลอหฺทรงยิ่งใหญ่ (an-lɔɔ song yîng-yài), อัลลอหฺยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุด (an-lɔɔ yîng-yài tîi-sùt), อัลลอฮุอักบัร (an-lɔɔ-hú àk-ban)
- Turkish: Allah'u ekber, Allah-u ekber, Allahu ekber (tr), Tanrı uludur (historical, used during Ataturk's time)
- Turkmen: Allah akbar
- Urdu: اَلْلٰہُ اَکْبَر (allāhu akbar)
- Uyghur: ئاللاھۇ ئەكبەر (allahu ekber)
- Uzbek: Alloh akbar
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Swedish
Interjection
Allahu akbar
- (Islam) Allahu akbar
See also
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)
- Allahu akbar
- Synonym: ang Diyos ay dakila