al-, also Romanized as el- as pronounced in varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed definite.
ال al-, 알, 앗, 안[*]은 아랍어의 정관사로, 명사 앞에 결합하여 뒤의 명사를 한정시키는 역할을 한다.