Hisbollah

German

Etymology

From Arabic حِزْبُ اللهِ (ḥizbu llāhi, literally “the party of God”), after Quran 5:56, which Shiites interpret as referring to the Imams and those who support them. Feminine gender probably after Partei (as in the translation Partei Gottes), perhaps also reinforced by the /a/-auslaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪsˈbɔla/ (usual spelling pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /ˌhɪzboˈlaː/ (rarer, learned; approximating standard Arabic)

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Proper noun

die Hisbollah f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Hisbollah)

1. Hezbollah (Lebanese Shiite political organisation)