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  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Pronunciation
  • 1.4 Interjection
    • 1.4.1 Related terms
    • 1.4.2 Descendants
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  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Adverb
    • 2.3.1 See also

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Alternative forms

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• يَلَّا (yallā)

Etymology

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Compounded from يَا (yā, “O”) +‎ اللّٰه (allāh, “God”). The colloquial sense derives from supplications of the sort “O God, let this and that happen!”, whence it was generalised to a particle or exclamation expressing a wish, encouragement, or command.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ja‿lˤ.lˤaːh/

Interjection

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يَاٱللَّٰه • (yāllāh)

1. (colloquial) come on, c’mon
2. (colloquial) let’s go, hurry up
3. (dialectal, colloquial, Levantine) word accompanying bye-bye, bye

Related terms

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• واللّٰه

Descendants

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• Gulf Arabic: يلا (yaḷḷa)
• Maltese: jalla
• Moroccan Arabic: يالله (yallāh)
• → Finnish: jalla
• → Hebrew: יאללה (yála)
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jalla
• → Swedish: jalla

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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يا (yā, “oh”) + الله (allāh, “god”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /jaːɫ.ɫa(h)/

Adverb

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ياالله • (yālla)

1. barely Alternative form: يالله Synonym: يا دوب (yā dūb) بِالْيَاالله قِدِرْت أَفْهَمُه ― bil-yālla gidirt ʔafhamu ― I barely understood him

See also

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• يلا (yalla, “come on”)
• يا الله (yā allā, “oh my god”)

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