Allahu akbar

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English

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Alternative forms

Flag of 1930s Waziristan (Pakistan) resistance movement: الله أكبر
Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر

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.
    • 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.

Translations

Swedish

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Alternative forms

Interjection

Allahu akbar

  1. (Islam) Allahu akbar

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).

Pronunciation

Interjection

Allahu akbár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜓ ᜀᜃ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔) (Islam)

  1. Allahu akbar
    Synonym: ang Diyos ay dakila
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