Yalla

Yalla, with variants Yallah and Yala, is a common expression in denoting "come on", "let's get going", and mostly meaning "hurry up". Originally in the Arabic language يلا/يللا/ياللا, it has also been adopted by Persian, Turkish and Hebrew. Many Armenians (primarily those from Arab countries) also use the word.

Origin: Ya Allah (یا الله)

It may also refer to:

Places

Yalla-y-Poora, a town in Shire of Ararat, Australia

Arts and entertainment

Yalla, a folk band from Uzbekistan
Yalla, a Montreal-based Canadian project between young Arabs and Jews for encouraging creative expression
Yalla, third solo album by UK musician Thomas White
The Yalla Yallas, a UK based punk rock band

Songs

"Yalla", a song by Inna for her self-titled album released in 2015
"Yalla Asia", a theme song of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup by Jay Sean feat. Karl Wolf and Radhika Vekaria, produced and co-written by Max Herman
"Yalla Chant", a song by Arab-Belgian singer Natacha Atlas
"Yalla Habibi", a song by Lebanese-Canadian Karl Wolf
"Yalla Ya Nasrallah", an Israeli song against Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
"Yalla", a song by Arash Labaf from his self-titled 2005 album Arash
"Yalla", a song by Calogero from the album 3
"Yalla Nerkoud", an official song of the 2007 Beirut Marathon
"Yalla Yalla", a song by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros from the album Rock Art and the X-Ray Style and as an additional track on Calogero single "Face à la mer"
"Yalla Yalla (Let's Go)", a song by Cracker from their album Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
"Yalla Balagan", a song by Israeli singer Dana International from the album HaKol Ze LeTova
"Yalla Erhal Ya Bashar", or "Come On, Bashar, Leave", a 2011 protest song against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
"Jalla Dansa Sawa", 2013 song by Swedish-Persian singer Behrang Miri
"Yalla Bye", a song by Israeli singer Ariel Horowitz on the 1998 album of the same name

Television and Film

Jalla! Jalla!, a 2000 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares
On Showtime's Who Is America?, Sacha Baron Cohen plays Erran Morad, an Israeli terrorism expert, who begins each segment with the phrase, "Yalla, let's go."

Paintings

Yalla-y-Poora, a painting by Eugene von Guerard, now in the Joseph Brown Collection on display at the National Gallery of Victoria

Other

YaLa Young Leaders, a movement of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) people aimed at advancing dialogue and peace