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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Allah XVI. — Arab. allāh, for al-'ilāh, i.e. AL-2, 'ilāh god = Aram. elāh, Heb. elōah.

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