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阿亚图拉

ā yà tú lādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f396fb0f0a9c5a6f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

阿亞圖拉 阿亚图拉 [a1 ya4 tu2 la1] /ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)/

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Other forms in these source records: 阿亞圖拉

  • 阿
    ā

    prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn] "Afghanistan"

    ē

    (literary) to flatter / to curry favor with

  • 亚
    yà

    second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [yǎ]

    Yà

    Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Yǎ]

  • 图
    tú

    diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhāng] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek

  • 拉
    lā

    to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

    lá

    to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash

    là

    used in 拉拉蛄[là là gǔ]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.