Where does “আল্লাহ” come from?
আল্লাহ (Bengali) comes from Classical Persian اَللّٰه, from Arabic الله, from Arabic الٱِلٰه, from Arabic إله, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.
Ancestry of “আল্লাহ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | اَللّٰه | — |
| 2 | Arabic | الله | Allah; God; god |
| 3 | Arabic | الٱِلٰه | God |
| 4 | Arabic | إله | god, deity |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | ʔil- | deity, god |