ياالله

Arabic
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Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ja‿ɫ.ɫa/

Interjection

يَاٱللَّٰه • (yāllāh)

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

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

Hijazi Arabic

Alternative forms
  • يالله‎

Etymology

يا‎ (yā, “oh”) + الله‎ (allāh, “god”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaːɫːa(h)/

Adverb

ياالله • (yālla)

  1. barely
    Synonym: يا دوب‎ (yā dūb)
    ‏بالياالله قدرت أفهمه‎
    bil-yālla gidirt afhamu
    I barely understood him

See also
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