Arabic

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Noun

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عِلَاج (ʕilājm

  1. verbal noun of عَالَجَ (ʕālaja) (form III)
  2. remedy, cure
  3. therapy

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عِلَاج (ʕilāj, remedy, cure).

Noun

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علاج (ʼilac)

  1. remedy, cure, a medicine or treatment that relieves a disease
    Synonyms: چاره (çare), درمان (derman), دوا (deva)
  2. medicine, drug, any substance which specifically promotes healing
    Synonym: ام (em)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian علاج ('ilāj), from Arabic عِلَاج (ʕilāj).

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Noun

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عِلَاج ('ilājm (Hindi spelling इलाज)

  1. medical treatment
  2. cure
  3. remedy

Further reading

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  • علاج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “علاج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 437