الم
See also: ألم
Karakhanid edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *ölim (“death”), from *öl- (“to die”). Cognate with Turkish ölüm and Chuvash вилӗм (vilĕm)
Noun edit
اُلُمْ (ölüm)
Descendants edit
References edit
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 75
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic أَلَم (ʔalam).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔa.ˈlam]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæ.lǽm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.lǽm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | alam |
Dari reading? | alam |
Iranian reading? | alam |
Tajik reading? | alam |
Noun edit
الم • (alam) (plural آلام (âlâm))
- pain
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 47:
- هر یکی از ما مسیح عالمی است
هر الم را در کف ما مرهمی است- har yakē az mā masīh-i ālamē ast
har alam rā dar kaff-i mā marhamē ast - Each of us is a Messiah of a world [of people]: in our hands is a medicine for every pain.
- har yakē az mā masīh-i ālamē ast
- grief
- Synonym: غم (ğam)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
الم • (alom)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अलम् (álam).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.ləm/
Adverb edit
الم • (alam) (Hindi spelling अलम्) (rare)
- enough, sufficient, adequate, equal to
References edit
- Platts, John T. (1884) “الم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.