"inshallah" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˌɪnʃˈɑ.lə/ [US], /ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/ [Canada]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه|lit=if God has willed 􂀿it􂁀}} Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”), {{root|en|ar|ش ي ء|ء ل ه}} [Template:root] Head templates: {{en-interj}} inshallah
  1. (chiefly Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will. Categories (topical): Islam, Islam Synonyms: God willing, Deo volente, hopefully Translations (God willing (Islam)): inshálla (Albanian), ishálla (Albanian), إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh) (Arabic), ինշալլա (inšalla) (Armenian), inşallah (Azerbaijani), иншалла (inşalla) (Bashkir), ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (inośaallah) (Bengali), inch'Allah (Breton), si déu vol (Catalan), ئیشاڵا (îşalla) (Central Kurdish), йиншанлахў (yinšanlahw) [Dungan] (Chinese), 印沙安拉 (yìnshā'ānlā) (Chinese Mandarin), inshallah (Danish), insha'Allah (Dutch), jos Luoja suo (english: God willing) (Finnish), insha Allah (english: Islamic context) (Finnish), Inch’Allah (French), si Dieu le veut (French), si Dieu veut (French), Dieu veuille (French), ინშალლაჰ (inšallah) (Georgian), Inschallah (German), so Gott will (German), इंशाअल्लाह (iñśāallāh) (Hindi), इन्शाअल्लाह (inśāallāh) (Hindi), इंशाल्लाह (iñśāllāh) (Hindi), insallah (Hungarian), ef Guð lofar (Icelandic), insya Allah (Indonesian), a Dio piacendo (Italian), se Dio vuole (Italian), インシャッラーフ (insharrāfu) (Japanese), インシャッラー (insharrā) (Japanese), mayghva rebbi (Kabyle), иншалла (inşalla) (Kazakh), 인샬라 (insyalla) (Korean), иншалла (inşalla) (Kyrgyz), ishalla (Ladino), Deo volente (Latin), insya-Allah (Malay), انشاءالله (enšâ'allâh) (Persian), oxalá (Portuguese), se Deus quiser (Portuguese), incá Allah (Rohingya), иншалла́х (inšalláx) (Russian), иншаалла́х (inšaalláx) (Russian), иншаллах [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), иншалах [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ако Бог да [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), inšallah [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), inšalah [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ako Bog da [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), inshalá (Spanish), ojalá (Spanish), si Dios quiere (Spanish), Mungu akipenda (Swahili), inshallah (Swedish), insha'Allah (Swedish), om Gud vill (Swedish), om Gud så vill (Swedish), förhoppningsvis (Swedish), иншоллоҳ (inšolloh) (Tajik), иншалла (inşalla) (Tatar), inşallah (Turkish), inşallah (Turkmen), انشاءاللہ (inśā'allāh) (Urdu), ئىنشائاللا (insha'alla) (Uyghur), insholloh (Uzbek), inchaalaaxu (Wolof)
    Sense id: en-inshallah-en-intj-oyP~pbtW Disambiguation of Islam: 87 13 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'God willing (Islam)': 97 3
  2. (colloquial, sarcastic) Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about. Tags: colloquial, sarcastic Synonyms: yeah, right
    Sense id: en-inshallah-en-intj-XQkmIaXR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: insha'Allah, in sha Allah

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
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          "lang": "French",
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          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "a Dio piacendo"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "se Dio vuole"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "insharrāfu",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lad",
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          "word": "ishalla"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "Deo volente"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "insya-Allah"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "enšâ'allâh",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "انشاءالله"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "oxalá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "se Deus quiser"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "rhg",
          "lang": "Rohingya",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "incá Allah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "inšalláx",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "иншалла́х"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "inšaalláx",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "иншаалла́х"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "иншаллах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
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          "word": "иншалах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
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          "word": "ако Бог да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "inšallah"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
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          "word": "inšalah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "ako Bog da"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "inshalá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "ojalá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "si Dios quiere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "Mungu akipenda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "inshallah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "insha'Allah"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "om Gud vill"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "om Gud så vill"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "förhoppningsvis"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "inšolloh",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "иншоллоҳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "inşalla",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "иншалла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "inşallah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "inşallah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "inśā'allāh",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "انشاءاللہ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "insha'alla",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "ئىنشائاللا"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "insholloh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "wo",
          "lang": "Wolof",
          "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
          "word": "inchaalaaxu"
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          "ref": "29 September 2020, Joe Biden, US presidential debate",
          "roman": "Joe Biden: When? Inshallah?",
          "text": "Donald Trump: And you'll get it to see it [i.e. his taxes]."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about."
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      "id": "en-inshallah-en-intj-XQkmIaXR",
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          "divine intervention",
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          "come about",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, sarcastic) Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yeah, right"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnʃˈɑ.lə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "insha'Allah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "in sha Allah"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Inshallah"
  ],
  "word": "inshallah"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "English terms derived from Arabic",
    "English terms derived from the Arabic root ء ل ه",
    "English terms derived from the Arabic root ش ي ء",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː/2 syllables",
    "en:Islam"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه",
        "lit": "if God has willed 􂀿it􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ش ي ء",
        "4": "ء ل ه"
      },
      "expansion": "[Template:root]",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inshallah",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Islam"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We will sign the contract tomorrow, inshallah.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contingency",
          "contingency#English"
        ],
        [
          "divine",
          "divine#English"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "God willing"
        },
        {
          "word": "Deo volente"
        },
        {
          "word": "hopefully"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Islam",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English sarcastic terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 September 2020, Joe Biden, US presidential debate",
          "roman": "Joe Biden: When? Inshallah?",
          "text": "Donald Trump: And you'll get it to see it [i.e. his taxes]."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "unlikeliness",
          "unlikeliness#English"
        ],
        [
          "divine intervention",
          "divine intervention#English"
        ],
        [
          "come about",
          "come about#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, sarcastic) Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yeah, right"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnʃˈɑ.lə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "insha'Allah"
    },
    {
      "word": "in sha Allah"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inshálla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ishálla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔin šāʔa llāh",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "inšalla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ինշալլա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inşallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "inşalla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "иншалла"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "inośaallah",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ইনশাআল্লাহ্"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inch'Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "si déu vol"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "yinšanlahw",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "йиншанлахў"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìnshā'ānlā",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "印沙安拉"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inshallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "insha'Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "God willing",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "jos Luoja suo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "Islamic context",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "insha Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "Inch’Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "si Dieu le veut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "si Dieu veut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "Dieu veuille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "inšallah",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ინშალლაჰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "Inschallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "so Gott will"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "iñśāallāh",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "इंशाअल्लाह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "inśāallāh",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "इन्शाअल्लाह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "iñśāllāh",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "इंशाल्लाह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "insallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ef Guð lofar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "insya Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "a Dio piacendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "se Dio vuole"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "insharrāfu",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "インシャッラーフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "insharrā",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "インシャッラー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kab",
      "lang": "Kabyle",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "mayghva rebbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "inşalla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "иншалла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "insyalla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "인샬라"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "îşalla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ئیشاڵا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "inşalla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "иншалла"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ishalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "Deo volente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "insya-Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "enšâ'allâh",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "انشاءالله"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "oxalá"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "se Deus quiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "rhg",
      "lang": "Rohingya",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "incá Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inšalláx",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "иншалла́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inšaalláx",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "иншаалла́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "иншаллах"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "иншалах"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ако Бог да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "inšallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "inšalah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ako Bog da"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inshalá"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ojalá"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "si Dios quiere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "Mungu akipenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inshallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "insha'Allah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "om Gud vill"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "om Gud så vill"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "förhoppningsvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "inšolloh",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "иншоллоҳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "inşalla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "иншалла"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inşallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inşallah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "inśā'allāh",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "انشاءاللہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "insha'alla",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "ئىنشائاللا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "insholloh"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "sense": "God willing (Islam)",
      "word": "inchaalaaxu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Inshallah"
  ],
  "word": "inshallah"
}

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