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mashallah
/mɑˈʃælə/
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What does mashallah mean?
interjection
- Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it.
- Expressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation.
- An indication of excitement, surprise or astonishment. Wow!
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proper noun
- A male given name from Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (mā šāʔa l-lah, “God willed it”).
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IPA pronunciation
/mɑˈʃælə/
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See this word in context.
"Mashallah, effendi. I would, but for everyone I turned out, two others would come in-the sons of burnt fathers."