Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).

Noun

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علما (ulemâ)

  1. plural of عالم (âlim)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: ulema
  • Dutch: oelema
  • English: ulema
  • French: ouléma
  • German: Ulema
  • Greek: ουλεμάς (oulemás)
  • Polish: ulem
  • Portuguese: ulemá
  • Romanian: ulema
  • Russian: уле́м (ulém)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ulamā
Dari reading? ulamā
Iranian reading? olamâ
Tajik reading? ulamo

Noun

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Dari علما
Iranian Persian
Tajik уламо

علما ('olamâ)

  1. plural of عالم ('âlem)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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علما (ulamā)

  1. plural of عالم (ālim)