{{Refimprove, date=December 2009 Ellah is an Islamic name, which means "of

Allah Allah ( ; , ) is an Arabic term for God, specifically the God in Abrahamic religions, God of Abraham. Outside of the Middle East, it is principally associated with God in Islam, Islam (in which it is also considered the proper name), althoug ...

" or "of The God". Ellah is the form assumed by "Allah" when in a

genitive In grammar, the genitive case ( abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can ...

construction. For instance, in

classical Arabic Classical Arabic or Quranic Arabic () is the standardized literary form of Arabic used from the 7th century and throughout the Middle Ages, most notably in Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid literary texts such as poetry, e ...

when

case ending A grammatical case is a category of nouns and noun modifiers (determiners, adjectives, participles, and numerals) that corresponds to one or more potential grammatical functions for a nominal group in a wording. In various languages, nominal ...

vowels were still pronounced, "servant of God" would be "`abdu -llāhi", where the initial "a" of "Allah" is dropped, thus producing the modern word " Abdullah". Other examples include

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(party of God), Irfanullah (knowledge of God), Jundullah (army of God), Mohibullah (friend of God),

Nasrallah Nasrallah () is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims, Christians, and other Arabs. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasrallah. Bearing the surname often ind ...

(victory of God), Asadullah (Lion of God). The name Ullah may also refer to:

People

* Ahsan Ullah (born 1992), Pakistani football player * AKM Alim Ullah (born 1955), Bangladeshi politician * Atiq Ullah (born 1983), Pakistani football player *

Fareed Ullah Fareed Ullah Khan (born 1 January 2001) is a Pakistani professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Afghanistan Champions League club Abu Muslim FC, Abu Muslim on loan from Muslim FC, an ...

(born 2001), Pakistani footballer * Hamid Ullah Afsar (1895–1974), Indian writer *

Hifazat Ullah Khan Hifazat Ullah Khan () is former three-star general air officer who served as Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of Pakistan Air Force from 29 March 2009 till 4 October 2010. Education and early life Hifazat was born in Mianwali. He is a gra ...

(born 1952), Pakistani general * Ibad Ullah (born 1974), Pakistani politician *

Imran Ullah Khan Imran Ullah Khan (born 3 December 1932) is a retired Pakistan Army general. He remained the Governor of Balochistan province in the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government from May 1994 to May 1997. Early life and education General Imran Ullah ...

(born 1932), Pakistani general *

Israr Ullah Zehri Israr Ullah Khan Zehri (; born December 15, 1965) is a Pakistani politician. He is currently a senator from Balochistan. He also serves as Federal Minister for Postal Services. He hails from Jhalawan, Balochistan and was the former president of ...

(born 1965), Pakistani politician * Kamran Ullah (born 1983), Dutch journalist *

Khalil Ullah Khan Khalil Ullah Khan (known as Khalil; 2 February 1934 – 7 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi film and television actor. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Gunda'' in 1976. Early life and career ...

(1934–2014), Bangladeshi actor * M. M. Rahmat Ullah (born 1940), Bangladeshi politician *

Mushahid Ullah Khan Mushahid Ullah Khan (Urdu:) (30 November 1952 – 18 February 2021) was a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Climate Change, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Khan had been a ...

(born 1952), Pakistani politician *

Qudrat Ullah Shahab Qudrat Ullah Shahab (or Qudratullah Shahab, ; 26 February 191724 July 1986) was an eminent Urdu writer, civil servant and diplomat from Pakistan. Shahab holds the distinction of having served as the Principal Secretary to the Presid ...

(1917–1987), Pakistani writer * Rahim Ullah (died 1861), Bengali rebel * Sajjad Ullah Baqi (born 1979), Pakistani politician * Shahkur Ullah Durrani (1928–2009), Pakistani businessman * S.M. Ullah, Bangladeshi scientist * Zaka Ullah Bhangoo (1948–2007), Pakistani general * Dr Zaker Ullah, Bangla TV Presenter * Zameer Ullah Khan (born 1966), Indian politician

People

See also