Allahu akbar
See also: allahu akbar
English
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Flag of 1930s Waziristan (Pakistan) resistance movement: الله أكبر

Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر
- Allah akbar
- Ola hu Uber (India, slang, derogatory)
Etymology
From Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌaləhuː ˈakbɑː/, /əˌlɑːhuː ˈakbɑː/
Interjection
Allahu akbar
- (Islam) "God is most great"; the Muslim takbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving. [from 17th c.]
- 1742, James Fraser, The History of Nadir Shah, London, page 126n:
- Tokbîr is repeating three times these Words, اللّٰه أكبر Allah Akbar, which is to say, GOD is Greatest, before the Kelmah abovementioned.
- 2004 June 22, Yuri Bagrov, The Guardian:
- The official said it was not immediately clear who the attackers were, but said some of them were shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a frequent cry of Chechnya's separatist rebels.
Translations
Muslim takbir (proclamation)
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˌlahu ʔakˈbaɾ/ [ʔɐˌla.hʊ ʔɐkˈbaɾ]
- Syllabification: A‧lla‧hu ak‧bar
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