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There's some suggestion that the Spanish interjection olé is also descended from Allah (or rather some conjugation of it). More or less, each name for God in t
by microcolonel 9y ago
There's some suggestion that the Spanish interjection olé is also descended from Allah (or rather some conjugation of it).
More or less, each name for God in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions is related to a similar name in one or both other traditions. "Allah" is a modern standard Arabic transliteration of a word which translates quite simply to God. The only reason to translate it as "Allah" is to signify that the context is Islamic.
- DavidAdams 9y agoSpanish speaking people have an even more obvious loan word from Arabic they use pretty commonly: ojalá. It means, "hopefully," or literally, "God willing."
- ominous 9y agoThe word "alphabeth" is also of greek origin. But no one tries to pass the message of greek influence to the point of there being articles for that in hackernews.
- phaemon 9y agoI don't know what that means. Everyone knows that there is a massive Greek influence on Western culture. The only reason there might not be many HN articles on it is that it's so obvious.
- Grustaf 9y ago>The word "alphabeth" is also of greek origin. Yes and no. It came through Greek (though to us via Latin) but of course the names for Alpha and Beta (and most other letters) are based on the Phoenician Aleph and Bet.