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"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"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"ayatollah"
],
"word": "ayatollah"
}
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