vallahi

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === valla === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish والله (vallâhi), from Arabic وَاللهِ (wallāhi, “by God”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑˈɫɑhi/ Rhymes: -ahi Hyphenation: va‧llá‧hi === Interjection === vallahi (historical) by God === References === Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “*vallahi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 497 == Turkish == === Alternative forms === valla (colloquial) === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish واللهی (vallahi), from Arabic وَاللهِ (wallāhi, “by God”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑɫːɑhi/ === Interjection === vallahi in fact, actually, really, seriously, I swear, wallah