ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ

Classical Mandaic

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔil-
Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā)
Classical Mandaic ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ

    Inherited from Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔil-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈa.lɔ.ha/
    • Rhymes: -alɔha

    Noun

    ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ (alaha /alɔha⁠⁠/) (plural ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡉࡀ (alahia /⁠alɔhi⁠/))

    1. false god (deity)
      ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ ࡀࡋࡉࡄࡉࡍ ― alaha alihin /alɔha alihan/ ― God of gods

    Derived terms

    • ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡅࡕࡀ (alahuta, “false divinity”)

    Proper noun

    ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ (alaha /alɔha⁠⁠/)

    1. God (first deity)

    Further reading

    • Drower, E. S.; Macuch, R. (1963), “alaha”, in A Mandaic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18
    • Macúch, Rudolf (1965), Handbook of Classical and Modern Mandaic‎[1], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., →ISBN, page 84
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