"wallahi" meaning in All languages combined

See wallahi on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

IPA: /wɑˈɫːɑːhi/
Etymology: From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ar|وَٱللّٰه|lit=by God|tr=wa-llāh}} Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”), {{root|en|ar|ء ل ه}}
  1. (Islam) Alternative form of wallah Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wallah Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-wallahi-en-intj-CA8nT8X4 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  2. (MTE, slang) I swear to God; used to add emphasis. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-wallahi-en-intj-Je7Fk9Yo Categories (other): Multicultural Toronto English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98

Interjection [Hausa]

IPA: /wæɫóːp/, [wæɫóːp] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: wàllāhì [canonical]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰهِ (wal-lāhi). Etymology templates: {{bor|ha|ar|وَٱللّٰهِ}} Arabic وَٱللّٰهِ (wal-lāhi) Head templates: {{head|ha|interjection|head=wàllāhì|sort=}} wàllāhì, {{ha-pos|interjection|wàllāhì}} wàllāhì
  1. by God!
    Sense id: en-wallahi-ha-intj-hyQYAVA5 Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header

Interjection [Swahili]

Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|وَٱللّٰه|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=by God|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=wa-llāh|ts=}} Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”), {{bor+|sw|ar|وَٱللّٰه|lit=by God|tr=wa-llāh}} Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”), {{root|sw|ar|ء ل ه}} Head templates: {{head|sw|interjection}} wallahi
  1. (Islam) by God! Categories (topical): Islam

Interjection [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|interjection}} wallahi, {{sv-interjection}} wallahi
  1. (Islam) Alternative form of wallah, emphatic of wallah Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wallah, emphatic of wallah Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-wallahi-sv-intj-HbTN7aXC Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  2. (slang) wallahi, emphatic of wallah Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-wallahi-sv-intj-j5dE4JnG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wallah

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.