yalla

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَا اللّٰه‎‎ (yā llāh, “Oh God”). The vocative meaning was lost.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjʌlːʌ/

Noun

yálla m

  1. God

Synonyms

References
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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