[miketheprof]

In the (Syriac) Aramaic, “God” is “Aloho” or “Alaho,” which (someone correct me if I’m wrong) comes from the same Semitic roots as “Allah.” Someone once told me it is the same as the biblical “El” - sounds reasonable, but I can’t vouch for it.

Mary, for example, is “Yoldat Aloho,” the Mother of God.

I would expect that “Allah” would be a perfectly acceptable reference to “God” in Arabic, JUST AS LONG AS the user clarifies the difference between the Moslim and Christian understandings of Who God is.

[Andrew Byler]

In the (Syriac) Aramaic, “God” is “Aloho” or “Alaho,” which (someone correct me if I’m wrong) comes from the same Semitic roots as “Allah.” Someone once told me it is the same as the biblical “El” - sounds reasonable, but I can’t vouch for it.

"El" is a contraction of "Elah", which is obviously a cognate of "Alaho" and "Allah".