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Allahu akbar
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allahu akbar
English
Takbir
thumb|Flag of 1930s Waziristan (Pakistan) resistance movement: ar الله أكبر
thumb|Flag of Iraq: ar اللّٰه أكبر
Alternative forms
en Allah akbar
Etymology
en :bor ar:اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˌaləhuː ˈakbɑː/ /əˌlɑːhuː ˈakbɑː/ UK
Interjection
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en Islam God is most great—the Muslim takbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving. from 17th c.
en 1742 James Fraser The History of Nadir Shah London 126n Tokbîr is repeating three times these Words, ar اللّٰه أكبر Allah Akbar, which is to say, GOD is Greatest, before the Kelmah abovementioned.
en Yuri Bagrov The Guardian 22 Jun 2004 The official said it was not immediately clear who the attackers were, but said some of them were shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a frequent cry of Chechnya's separatist rebels.
Derived terms
en Allah snackbar slang, derogatory
en aloha snackbar slang, derogatory
en Ola hu Uber India, slang, derogatory
Translations
Muslim takbir (proclamation)
Arabic: ar اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر
Azerbaijani: az Əllahu əkbər
Bengali: bn আল্লাহু আকবার, bn আল্লাহু আকবর
Bulgarian: bg Аллаху екбер
Chechen: ce Аллахӏу акбар
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 真主至大 Zhēnzhǔ zhìdà, cmn 安拉至大 Ānlā zhìdà, cmn 阿拉花瓜 Taiwan, slang, derogatory
Dargwa: dar Аллагьу акбар
Dutch: nl God is het grootst, nl Allahoe akbar
Finnish: fi Allahu akbar, fi Jumala on suurin
French: fr Allah akbar, fr Allahu akbar, fr Allahou akbar
German: de Allahu akbar
Hebrew: he אללה אכבר allāh akbar
Hindi: hi अल्लाहो अकबर, hi अल्लाहु अकबर, hi अल्लाहू अकबर, hi अल्लाह अकबर, hi तकबीर
Hungarian: hu Allahu akbár, hu Allah akbár
Indonesian: id Allahu Akbar
Japanese: ja アッラーフ・アクバル Arrāfu akubaru
Kazakh: kk Аллаһу әкбар, kk Аллаһ әкбар
Korean: ko ^알라후 아크바르
Macedonian: mk А́лаху а́кбар
Malay: ms Allahu akbar, ms Allah maha besar
Pashto: ps الله اکبر allaho akbar
Persian:
Dari: prs اَللَّٰهُ اَکْبَر
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اَللَّٰهُ اَکْبَر
Polish: pl Allach akbar, pl Allachu akbar
Portuguese: pt allahu akbar, pt Alá akbar
Russian: ru Алла́х а́кбар, ru Алла́ху а́кбар, ru Алла́х вели́к
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Алаху екбер, sh Аллаху екбер
Latin: sh Alahu ekber, sh Allahu ekber
Swedish: sv Allahu akbar, sv Allah akbar
Tajik: tg Оллоҳ акбар
Tatar: tt Аллаһу әкбәр, tt Аллаһ әкбәр
Thai: th อัลลอหุอักบัร an-lɔɔ-hù àk-ban, th อัลลอหฺทรงยิ่งใหญ่ an-lɔɔ song yîng-yài, th อัลลอหฺยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุด an-lɔɔ yîng-yài tîi-sùt, th อัลลอฮุอักบัร an-lɔɔ-hú àk-ban
Turkish: tr Allahuekber, tr Tanrı uludur historical, used during Ataturk's time
Ottoman Turkish: ota الله اكبر
Turkmen: tk Allah akbar
Urdu: ur اَلْلٰہُ اَکْبَر
Uyghur: ug ئاللاھۇ ئەكبەر
Uzbek: uz Alloh akbar
See also
en Christ is king
French
fr:
Interjection
fr interjection Allahu akbar
fr Islam en Allahu akbar
See also
fr Allah
fr islam
Swedish
sv:
Alternative forms
sv Allah akbar
Interjection
sv interjection Allahu akbar
sv Islam en Allahu akbar
See also
sv Allah
sv islam
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor ar:اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر + 1
Pronunciation
Alahu akbár
Interjection
interjection Allahu akbár alahu akbar tl Islam
en Allahu akbar
tl ang Diyos ay dakila
See also
tl takbir