Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /alem/, [ˈalem]
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Adjective

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আলেম (alem) (comparative আরও আলেম, superlative সবচেয়ে আলেম) (Islam)

  1. learned in Islamic matters

Noun

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আলেম (alem) (Islam)

  1. Muslim religious scholar, theologian
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