allah الله
Tunisian Derja · noun
“allah” (الله) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning God, Allah.
Meanings
- God, Allah
- exclamation of admiration or emotion
Usage
Allah means God and comes up constantly in conversation, not only in a religious context. It appears in fixed formulas: "inchallah" (God willing), "allah ybarek" (God bless), "allah yechfih" (may God heal him), "allah yer7mou" (may God have mercy on his soul). Said on its own with a lengthened vowel, "allaaah!", it expresses admiration for a beautiful song or a delicious dish. The Tunisian pronunciation often sounds like "elleh" or "alla". English speakers should know that these formulas are ordinary politeness, also used by people who are not very observant.
Example
الله يشفيه ان شاء الله
Alah yechfiyeh inchalla
“May God heal him, God willing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “allah” but also “alah”, “alla”, “elleh”, “allh” and “allahou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “allah” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “God, Allah”; “in blessings and wishes”: llah in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “God, Allah”: allah in Algerian.