"ayatollah" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ayatollahs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُاللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), from Classical Persian آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), from Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fa-ira|آیَتُاللّٰه}} Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُاللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), {{m+|fa-cls|آیَةُاللّٰه}} Classical Persian آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), {{af|ar|آيَة|اللّٰه|nocat=1|t1=sign|t2=God}} آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”), {{der|en|ar|آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ|pos=from <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">آيَة</i> (ʔāya, “sign”) + <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">اللّٰه</i> (allāh, “God”)|t=sign of God}} Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)), {{root|en|ar|ء ل ه}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)
  1. (Islam) A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism. Categories (topical): Islam Translations (a religious leader): ajatollah [masculine] (Albanian), آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh) [feminine] (Arabic), այաթոլլա (ayatʻolla) (Armenian), ayətullah (Azerbaijani), আয়াতুল্লাহ (aẏatullah) (Bengali), аятола́х (ajatoláh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), aiatol·là [masculine] (Catalan), 阿亞圖拉 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿亚图拉 (āyàtúlā) (Chinese Mandarin), ajatolláh [masculine] (Czech), ayatollah [masculine] (Dutch), ajatolo (Esperanto), ajatollah (Finnish), ayatollah [masculine] (French), აიათოლა (aiatola) (Georgian), Ajatollah [masculine] (German), αγιατολάχ (agiatolách) [masculine] (Greek), אייתוללה (Hebrew), आयतुल्लाह (āytullāh) [masculine] (Hindi), ajatollah (Hungarian), ayatullah (Indonesian), آیَتُالله (âyato-llâh) (Iranian Persian), آیَةُاللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh) (Iranian Persian), ayatollah [masculine] (Italian), アヤトラ (ayatora) (Japanese), аятолла (aätolla) (Kazakh), 아야톨라 (ayatolla) (Korean), ayatollah (Malay), ayatʼólah (Navajo), ajatollah [masculine] (Polish), aiatolá [masculine] (Portuguese), аятолла́ (ajatollá) [masculine] (Russian), ајатолах [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ajatolah [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ayatolá [masculine] (Spanish), ayatolla [common-gender] (Swedish), оятуллоҳ (oyatulloh) (Tajik), อายะตุลลอหฺ (aa-yá-dtun-lɔɔ) (Thai), ayetullah (Turkish), аятола́ (ajatolá) [masculine] (Ukrainian), آیَتُ ٱللہ (āyatu llāh) [masculine] (Urdu), ئايەتۇللا (ayetulla) (Uyghur), oyatulloh (Uzbek)
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  2. (colloquial) An authority on any subject. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ayatollah-en-noun-2LN05HMo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ayatolla

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Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "âyato-l-lâh",
          "sense": "a religious leader",
          "word": "آیَةُاللّٰه"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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        },
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          "sense": "a religious leader",
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          "word": "aiatolá"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "oyatulloh",
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          "roman": "aa-yá-dtun-lɔɔ",
          "sense": "a religious leader",
          "word": "อายะตุลลอหฺ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a religious leader",
          "word": "ayetullah"
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          "word": "آیَتُ ٱللہ"
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          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "ayetulla",
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        "(colloquial) An authority on any subject."
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ayatʻolla",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "այաթոլլա"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ayətullah"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "aẏatullah",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "আয়াতুল্লাহ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ajatoláh",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аятола́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "aiatol·là"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "阿亞圖拉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āyàtúlā",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "阿亚图拉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ajatolláh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ajatolo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ajatollah"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aiatola",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "აიათოლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Ajatollah"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agiatolách",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αγιατολάχ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "אייתוללה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āytullāh",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "आयतुल्लाह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ajatollah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ayatullah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ayatollah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ayatora",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "アヤトラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aätolla",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "аятолла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ayatolla",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "아야톨라"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ayatollah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ayatʼólah"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "âyato-llâh",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "آیَتُالله"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "âyato-l-lâh",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "آیَةُاللّٰه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajatollah"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aiatolá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ajatollá",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аятолла́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ајатолах"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajatolah"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ayatolá"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ayatolla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "oyatulloh",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "оятуллоҳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-yá-dtun-lɔɔ",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "อายะตุลลอหฺ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ayetullah"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ajatolá",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аятола́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āyatu llāh",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "آیَتُ ٱللہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ayetulla",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "ئايەتۇللا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a religious leader",
      "word": "oyatulloh"
    }
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    "ayatollah"
  ],
  "word": "ayatollah"
}

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