Etymology and Usage: Allāh (Arabic: ) Is The Arabic Term With No Plural Used by Muslims and Arabic SP

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Etymology and usage

The earliest written form of the Germanic word God comes from the 6th-centu
English word itself is derived from the  Proto-Germanic  * ǥuđan.
European  form  * ǵhu-tó-m  was likely based on the root  * ǵhau(ə)-, wh
invoke".[1 2] The Germanic words for God were originally neuter—applying to both
the  Christianization  of the  Germanic peoples  from their indigenous  Germa
a masculine syntactic form.[1 3]

In the English language, capitalization is used when the word is used as a proper


which a god is known.[1 4] Consequently, the capitalized form of god is not used for
to the generic idea of a deity.[1 5][1 6] The English word God and its counterparts in
for any and all conceptions and, in spite of significant differences between reli
translation common to all. The same holds for Hebrew  El, but  in Judaism,
the tetragrammaton YHWH, in origin possibly the name of an Edomite or Midian
translations of the  Bible, when the word  LORD  is in all capitals, it signif
tetragrammaton.[1 7 ]

Allāh (Arabic: ‫هللا‬‎) is the Arabic term with no plural used by Muslims and Arabic sp


God" while ʾilāh (Arabic: ‫ ِإَٰل ه‬plural `āliha ‫ )آِلَه ة‬is the term used for a deity or a god i
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

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