alem
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).
Noun edit
alem m
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
alem
Declension edit
Declension of alem
Derived terms edit
References edit
Ngaju edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Malay malam and Tetum kalan.
Noun edit
alem
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
alem
- inflection of alar:
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
alem (not comparable)
Noun edit
alem m (plural alens)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).
Noun edit
alem n (uncountable)
- Ottoman flag
Declension edit
Sakizaya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀəm.
Pronunciation edit
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alem
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
It may be connected with Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”), or come from Old French alemande.[1] Alternatively from Ottoman Turkish, from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam, “sign, token; symbol; banner”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àlem m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лем)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عالم (alem), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
álem m (Cyrillic spelling а́лем)
References edit
- ^ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1971, v. 1, p. 28, alem: mislim da se u alem može da sakriva grčka riječ adāmas »dijamant« ... Ali treba pomišljati i na to da se može raditi o istoj riječi alemande, koja dolazi u spomenutom starofrancuskom Pelerinage-M
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish علم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alem (definite accusative alemi, plural alemler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | alem | |
Definite accusative | alemi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | alem | alemler |
Definite accusative | alemi | alemleri |
Dative | aleme | alemlere |
Locative | alemde | alemlerde |
Ablative | alemden | alemlerden |
Genitive | alemin | alemlerin |
References edit
- “alem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu