alim

See also: Alım, alım, and âlim

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English

Etymology

From Arabic عَالِم‎ (ʿālim), active participle of عَلِمَ‎ (ʿalima, “to know”).

Noun

alim (plural ulama or alims or ulema)

1. An educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class
   • 2007, February 25, “Carla Power”, in A Secret History‎^[1]:

     Akram is a working alim, lecturing in mosques and universities and dispensing fatwas on issues like inheritance and divorce.

Translations

scholar of Islamic law

• Arabic: عَالِم‎ (ar) m (ʿālim)
• Azerbaijani: alim (az)
• Bengali: আলিম (alim)
• Hindi: आलिम (hi) m (ālim)
• Indonesian: alim (id)
• Lezgi: алим (alim)
• Malay: alim
• Pashto: عالم‎ (ps) m ('ālim)

• Persian: عالم‎ (fa) ('âlem)
• Portuguese: ulemá m, alim m
• Russian: али́м (ru) m (alím)
• Tajik: олим (olim)
• Turkish: âlim (tr)
• Turkmen: alym (tk)
• Urdu: عالم‎ (ur) m ('ālim)
• Uzbek: olim (uz)

See also

• Ulema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Liam, Lima, Mali, Mila, lima, mail, mali

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic عَالِم‎ (ʿālim).

Adjective

alim

1. pious
2. religious

Derived terms

• alim ulama
• kealiman
• sealim

 

Noun

alim

1. alim

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Portuguese

Noun

alim m (plural alins)

1. (Islam) alim (scholar of Islamic law)

Synonyms

• ulemá

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Sundanese

Romanization

alim

1. Romanization of ᮃᮜᮤᮙ᮪

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Volapük

Noun

alim (plural alims)

1. everyone