والله

Arabic

Etymology

From وَـ (wa-, “by (in oaths)”) +‎ الله (allāh, “God”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hi/

Interjection

وَٱللّٰهِ • (wal-lāhi)

by God!
Synonyms: بِٱللّٰهِ (bi-l-lāhi), تَٱللّٰهِ (ta-llāhi)
really?, really!

Related terms

يَاٱلله (ya-llāh)

Descendants

→ Classical Persian: وَٱللّٰه (wallāh)
- Dari: وَٱللّٰه (wallāh)
- Iranian Persian: وَٱللّٰه (vallâh)
- Tajik: валлоҳ (valloh)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: वल्लाह (vallāh)
  - Urdu: وَاللّٰہ (vallāh)
→ Danish: wallah
→ Dutch: wollah
→ English: wallah
→ French: wallah
→ German: wallah
→ Hebrew: וַאלְלַהּ (wálla)
→ Ottoman Turkish: والله (vallâhi)
- Turkish: vallahi
→ Swedish: wallah
→ Swahili: wallahi

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰهِ (wal-lāhi).

Adverb

والله • (vallâhi)

truthfully, honestly

Interjection

والله • (vallâhi)

by God, begad, egad, by golly

Descendants

Turkish: vallahi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰهِ (wal-lāhi)..

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wal.ˈlɑːh]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäl.lɑ́ːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäl.lɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäl.lɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væl.lɒ́ːʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väl.lɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wallāh
Dari reading^?	wallāh
Iranian reading^?	vallâh
Tajik reading^?	valloh

Adverb

والله • (vallâh)

truthfully, honestly

Interjection

والله • (vallâh)

by God!
well

Related terms

و (va)
الله (allâh)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَٱللّٰهِ (wal-lāhi, literally “by God”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /walˤ.lˤa/, [ˈwɑlˤ.lˤɑ]

IPA^(key): /walˤ.lˤaː.hi/, [wɑlˤˈlˤɑː.hi]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Interjection

والله • (waḷḷa, waḷḷāhi)

really!, by God!
Synonyms: عن جد (ʕan jadd), فعلا (fiʕlan)

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