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Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ħam.du lil.laː.hi/
Phrase
الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ • (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi)
- praise be to God, thank God; alhamdulillah
- تَحْمِيد (taḥmīd, “to say 'praise be to God'”)
- حَمْدَلَ (ḥamdala, “to say alhamdulillah”)
- اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
- سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
- أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ (ʔastaḡfiru llāhi, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
- إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu, “if God wills”)
- مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu, “what God wills”)
- بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
- آيَةُ ٱللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “ayatollah, sign of God”)
- اللّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)
- بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).
Pronunciation
Interjection
الحمد لله • (al-ḥamdillāh)
- thank God, praise be to God
- (by extension) well, doing fine
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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alhamdu lillāh
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Dari reading?
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alhamdu lillāh
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Iranian reading?
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alhamdo lellâh
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Tajik reading?
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alhamdu lilloh
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Interjection
الحمد لله • (alhamdo lellâh)
- praise be to God, thank God, alhamdulillah; a common expression of gratitude, relief, or joy.
c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 417”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:عیشم مدام است از لعل دلخواه
کارم به کام است الحمد لله- ayšam mudām ast az la'l-i dilxwāh
kāram ba kām ast alhamdu lillāh - My pleasure from the ruby of my heart's desire is everlasting;
My affairs are as I would wish them. Praise be to God!
Further reading
South Levantine Arabic
South Levantine Arabic phrasebook
Etymology
From Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).
Pronunciation
Interjection
الحمد لله • (l-ḥamdi-lla, l-ḥamdu-lla)
- thank God, praise be to God
- (by extension) well, doing fine
أنا الحمد لله.- ʔana l-ḥamdi-lla.
- I'm fine, thank God.