علامت

See also: علامة

Malay

Noun

علامت (plural علامت-علامت or علامت۲, informal 1st possessive علامتکو, 2nd possessive علامتمو, 3rd possessive علامتڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of alamat‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma, “sign, mark, symbol”).

Noun

علامت • (ʼalamet) (definite accusative علامتی (ʼalameti), plural علامات (ʼalamat))

1. sign, symbol, any object or event whose presence indicates the occurance of something else

   Synonyms: اشارت (işaret), نشان (nişan)

2. symptom, a perceived change in some function of a person that indicates a disease or disorder

   Synonym: اعراضی (aʼrâzî)

3. cipher, device, any emblem or other mark used to distinguish or identify the bearer from others

   Synonym: نشان (nişan)

4. miracle, wonder, marvel, prodigy, any event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature

   Synonyms: كرامت (keramet), معجزه (mu’cize)

Derived terms

• علامت شریفه (ʼalamet-i şerife, “the cypher of the Sultan”)
• علامت فارقه (ʼalamet-i farika, “distinctive sign”)
• فابریقه علامتی (fabrika ʼalameti, “trademark”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: alamet
• → Albanian: alamet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “alamet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 191
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “alâmet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 32
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “علامت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 856
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Signum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1554
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علامت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3310
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alamet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “علامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1315

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.lɑː.ˈmat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔː.mǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.lɒː.mǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔ.mǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	alāmat
Dari reading?	alāmat
Iranian reading?	alâmat
Tajik reading?	alomat

Noun

Dari	علامت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аломат

علامت • (alāmat／alâmat) (plural علائم or علامت‌ها)

1. sign, mark

   Synonym: نشانه (nišāna／nešâne)

2. symbol
3. token
4. signal
5. symptom

Derived terms

• علامت تعجیب (alāmat-i ta'jīb／alâmat-e ta'jib)
• علامت جمع (alāmat-i jam'／alâmat-e jam')
• علامت زدن (alāmat zadan／alâmat zadan)
• علامت مساوی (alāmat-i musāwī／alâmat-e mosâvi)
• علامت منها (alāmat-i minhā／alâmat-e menhâ)
• علامت‌دار (alāmat-dār／alâmat-dâr)