阿亚图拉

Traditional form:

阿亞圖拉

Pinyin (reading):

āyàtúlā

Definitions:

• ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)

Characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 亚 - Asia; second
• 图 - diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

Traditional characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 亞 - Asia; second
• 圖 - diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)