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Where does “اللهم” come from?

اللهم (Arabic) comes from Arabic اَللّٰه, from Proto-Semitic ʾil- — deity; god.

اللهم (Arabic): O God; "vocative form of اَللّٰه used in...

Definitions

  1. O God; "vocative form of اَللّٰه used in...

Ancestry of “اللهم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicاَللّٰهAllah; God
2Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god
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