ajatola

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɐjɛtɔˈlɐ] Hyphenation: a‧ja‧to‧la === Noun === ajatolà f (plural ajatòlos) stress pattern 2 (Shia Islam) (uncountable) ayatollah (title) ayatollah (religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ajatola”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d. “ajatola”, entry by Romualdas Krinickis, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]