ayatollah

== English == === Alternative forms === ayatolla === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُ‌اللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), from Classical Persian آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), from Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) +‎ اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /aɪ.əˈtoʊl.ə/ === Noun === ayatollah (plural ayatollahs) (Shia Islam) A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism. (colloquial) An authority on any subject. ==== Translations ==== == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), Derived from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɑjaˈtʌla] === Noun === ayatollah c (singular definite ayatollahen, plural indefinite ayatollaher) (Islam) ayatollah ==== Inflection ==== === References === “ayatollah” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaː.jaːˈtɔ.laː/ Hyphenation: aya‧tol‧lah === Noun === ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs, diminutive ayatollaatje n) (Islam) a religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism highest grade of theological scholarship in Shi'ism (by extension) a (thought) leader or key figure in general == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) +‎ اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ja.tɔ.la/ === Noun === ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs) (Islam) ayatollah (figuratively, derogatory) strong proponent of something; person behaving tyrannically and despotically in a particular matter == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) +‎ اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ja.tolˈla/** Rhymes: -a === Noun === ayatollah m (invariable) ayatollah == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === ayatollah m form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === ayatollah m (pre-1984) alternative form of ayatolla == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ayatollah, from Iranian Persian آیت‌الله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) +‎ اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)). === Noun === ayatollah m (plural ayatollahi) ayatollah ==== Declension ====