ayatollah

Meaning

Noun

A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
An authority on any subject.

Origin

Borrowed from Persian آیت‌الله, from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه ("sign of God"), from آيَة + اللّٰه.

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