ayatollah
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
Definition of ayatollah
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Shia)A religious leader in Twelverism.
“"It could also pave the way for the Iranian people to seize this unique opportunity and shape their own future," Falk clarified. “I doubt the Iranian people want to replace one ayatollah with another ayatollah.””
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noun
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(Shia)A religious leader in Twelverism.
“"It could also pave the way for the Iranian people to seize this unique opportunity and shape their own future," Falk clarified. “I doubt the Iranian people want to replace one ayatollah with another ayatollah.””
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(colloquial)An authority on any subject.
“P.S. This writer does NOT speak as the Ayatollah of SM. (There isn't one.) If you really want to know more, talk to sadomasochists, or at least do some reading if you're too scared to ask.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُاللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), from Classical Persian آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), from Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)).
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