| While the Arabic الله is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding term Allah to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word as God, as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either "Allah is great" or "God is great" may be seen. Allah m. From Arabic الله (allāh) < -ال (al-, "the") + إِله (ilah, "God"). From Arabic الله (allāh) < -ال (al-, "the") + إِله (ilah, "God").  | Allah Oct 31st 2011, 23:25 | | | | | Line 66: | Line 66: | | | * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|Алла|tr=Alla|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ky|Аллах|tr=Allax|sc=Cyrl}} | | * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|Алла|tr=Alla|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ky|Аллах|tr=Allax|sc=Cyrl}} | | | * Latvian: {{t|lv|Allāhs|m|xs=Latvian}} | | * Latvian: {{t|lv|Allāhs|m|xs=Latvian}} | | - | {{trans-mid}} | | | | * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|Alachas|m|xs=Lithuanian}} | | * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|Alachas|m|xs=Lithuanian}} | | | + | {{trans-mid}} | | | * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|Алах|m|tr=Álah}} | | * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|Алах|m|tr=Álah}} | | | * Malay: {{t-|ms|Allah|xs=Malay}} | | * Malay: {{t-|ms|Allah|xs=Malay}} | | Line 99: | Line 99: | | | * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Аллах|m|tr=Alláx|xs=Ukrainian}} | | * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Аллах|m|tr=Alláx|xs=Ukrainian}} | | | * Urdu: {{t-|ur|اللہ|m|tr=allāh|xs=Urdu}} | | * Urdu: {{t-|ur|اللہ|m|tr=allāh|xs=Urdu}} | | | + | * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|الله|sc=ug-Arab}} | | | * Uzbek: {{t|uz|Alloh}} | | * Uzbek: {{t|uz|Alloh}} | | | *: Cyrillic: {{t|uz|Аллоҳ|sc=Cyrl}} | | *: Cyrillic: {{t|uz|Аллоҳ|sc=Cyrl}} | |
