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.

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

Hisbollah f (genitive Hisbollahs or Hisbollah)

  1. (with definite article) Hezbollah (Lebanese Shiite political organisation)
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