Hisbollah
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /hɪsˈbɔla/ (usual spelling pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /ˌhɪzboˈlaː/ (rarer, learned; approximating standard Arabic)
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Proper noun
[edit]die Hisbollah f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Hisbollah)
- Hezbollah (Lebanese Shiite political organisation)