See also: غلم and ع ل م

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Root
ع ل م (ʕ-l-m)

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عَلِمَ (ʕalima) I, non-past يَعْلَمُ‎ (yaʕlamu)

  1. (transitive) to know, to have knowledge, to be cognizant, to be aware
  2. to be informed, to be familiar, to be acquainted
  3. to perceive, to discern, to find out, to learn
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عَلَّمَ (ʕallama) II, non-past يُعَلِّمُ‎ (yuʕallimu)

  1. (ditransitive) to teach, to instruct, to train, to educate
    المعلم يعلم الطلاب الرياضيات.
    Al-muʕallim yuʕallimu at-ṭullāb ar-riyāḍiyyāt.
    The teacher teaches the students mathematics.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:49:
      إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
      ʔinnahu lakabīrukumu allaḏī ʕallamakumu as-siḥra falasawfa taʕlamūna
      He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know!
  2. (transitive) to designate, to mark, to earmark
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  • IPA(key): /ʕilm/
  • (file)

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عِلْم (ʕilmm (plural عُلُوم (ʕulūm))

  1. verbal noun of عَلِمَ (ʕalima) (form I)
  2. knowledge, learning, lore
  3. cognition, acquaintance
  4. information
  5. perception, knowledge
  6. (plural عُلُوم (ʕulūm)) science
    الْعُلُوم
    al-ʕulūm
    the natural sciences
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عَلَم (ʕalamm (plural أَعْلَام (ʔaʕlām))

  1. sign, token, mark, badge
  2. harelip
  3. road sign, guidepost
  4. flag, banner
  5. authority, luminary, star, personage, distinguished man
  6. a mountain
    أَشْهَرُ مِنْ نَارٍ عَلَى عَلَمʔašharu min nārin ʕalā ʕalamvery famous (literally, “more famous than a fire on a mountain”)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:32:
      وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ ٱلْجَوَارِ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَامِ
      wamin ʔāyātihi l-jawāri fī l-baḥri kal-ʔaʕlāmi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  7. (grammar, linguistics) proper noun
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  • Ottoman Turkish: علم (ʿalam, ʿalem)
    > Turkish: alem (inherited)

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عٰلَم (ʕālamm

  1. Classical Arabic form of عَالَم (ʕālam)

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “علم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

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عَلَم (ʕalamm (before il- عَلَم (ʕalam), plural اَعْلام (aʕlām))

  1. flag, banner, standard

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

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عِلْم (ʕilmm (plural عُلوم (ʕulūm))

  1. science, knowledge

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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

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(phonemic)

 

Readings
Classical reading? ilm
Dari reading? ilm
Iranian reading? elm
Tajik reading? ilm

(phonetic)

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Dari علم
Iranian Persian
Tajik илм

عِلْم ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum))

  1. science (knowledge via the scientific method)
  2. knowledge, science
    Synonym: دانش (dâneš)
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Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

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Readings
Classical reading? alam
Dari reading? alam
Iranian reading? alam
Tajik reading? alam

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عَلَم ('alam) (plural علم‌ها ('alam-hâ))

  1. flag
  2. standard (flag)
  3. banner
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Root
ع ل م
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Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

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  • IPA(key): /ʕal.lam/, [ˈʕal.lam]
  • (file)

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علّم (ʕallam) II (present بعلّم (biʕallem))

  1. to teach
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of علّم (ʕallam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m علّمت (ʕallamt) علّمت (ʕallamt) علّم (ʕallam) علّمنا (ʕallamna) علّمتو (ʕallamtu) علّمو (ʕallamu)
f علّمتي (ʕallamti) علّمت (ʕallamat)
present m بعلّم (baʕallem) بتعلّم (bitʕallem) بعلّم (biʕallem) منعلّم (minʕallem) بتعلّمو (bitʕallmu) بعلّمو (biʕallmu)
f بتعلّمي (bitʕallmi) بتعلّم (bitʕallem)
subjunctive m اعلّم (aʕallem) تعلّم (tʕallem) يعلّم (yʕallem) نعلّم (nʕallem) تعلّمو (tʕallmu) يعلّمو (yʕallmu)
f تعلّمي (tʕallmi) تعلّم (tʕallem)
imperative m علّم (ʕallem) علّمو (ʕallmu)
f علّمي (ʕallmi)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

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  • IPA(key): /ʕilm/, [ˈʕɪ.l(ɪ)m]
  • (file)

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علم (ʕilmm (plural علوم (ʕulūm))

  1. knowledge, science
    Synonym: معرفة (maʕrife)
    على علميʕala ʕilmias far as I know

Etymology 3 edit

From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

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  • IPA(key): /ʕa.lam/, [ˈʕa.lam]
  • (file)

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علم (ʕalamm (plural أعلام (ʾaʕlām))

  1. flag

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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

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عِلْم ('ilmm (Hindi spelling इल्म)

  1. knowledge, learning
  2. literature

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

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عَلَم ('alamm (Hindi spelling अलम)

  1. mark, sign, decoration
  2. spear
  3. (geometry) gnomon
  4. (grammar) proper noun