علم

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See also: غلم and ع ل م

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ل م (ʕ-l-m)

Pronunciation

Verb

عَلِمَ (ʕalima) I, non-past يَعْلَمُ‎ (yaʕlamu)

  1. (transitive) to know, to have knowledge, to be cognizant, to be aware
  2. to be informed, to be familiar, to be acquainted
  3. to perceive, to discern, to find out, to learn
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

عَلَّمَ (ʕallama) II, non-past يُعَلِّمُ‎ (yuʕallimu)

  1. (ditransitive) to teach, to instruct, to train, to educate
    المعلم يعلم الطلاب الرياضيات.
    Al-muʕallim yuʕallimu at-ṭullāb ar-riyāḍiyyāt.
    The teacher teaches the students mathematics.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:49:
      إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
      ʔinnahu lakabīrukumu allaḏī ʕallamakumu as-siḥra falasawfa taʕlamūna
      He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know!
  2. (transitive) to designate, to mark, to earmark
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕilm/
  • (file)

Noun

عِلْم (ʕilmm (plural عُلُوم (ʕulūm))

  1. verbal noun of عَلِمَ (ʕalima) (form I)
  2. knowledge, learning, lore
  3. cognition, acquaintance
  4. information
  5. perception, knowledge
  6. (plural عُلُوم (ʕulūm)) science
    الْعُلُوم
    al-ʕulūm
    the natural sciences
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

عَلَم (ʕalamm (plural أَعْلَام (ʔaʕlām))

  1. sign, token, mark, badge
  2. harelip
  3. road sign, guidepost
  4. flag, banner
  5. authority, luminary, star, personage, distinguished man
  6. a mountain
    أَشْهَرُ مِنْ نَارٍ عَلَى عَلَمʔašharu min nārin ʕalā ʕalamvery famous (literally, “more famous than a fire on a mountain”)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:32:
      وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ ٱلْجَوَارِ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَامِ
      wamin ʔāyātihi l-jawāri fī l-baḥri kal-ʔaʕlāmi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  7. (grammar, linguistics) proper noun
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: علم (ʿalam, ʿalem)
    > Turkish: alem (inherited)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

عٰلَم (ʕālamm

  1. Classical Arabic form of عَالَم (ʕālam)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “علم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَلَم (ʕalamm (before il- عَلَم (ʕalam), plural اَعْلام (aʕlām))

  1. flag, banner, standard

Etymology 2

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

Noun

عِلْم (ʕilmm (plural عُلوم (ʕulūm))

  1. science, knowledge

Persian

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Wikipedia fa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

(phonemic)

Readings
Classical reading? ilm
Dari reading? ilm
Iranian reading? elm
Tajik reading? ilm

(phonetic)

Noun

Dari علم
Iranian Persian
Tajik илм

عِلْم ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum))

  1. science (knowledge via the scientific method)
  2. knowledge, science
    Synonym: دانش (dâneš)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? alam
Dari reading? alam
Iranian reading? alam
Tajik reading? alam

Noun

عَلَم ('alam) (plural علم‌ها ('alam-hâ))

  1. flag
  2. standard (flag)
  3. banner
Synonyms
Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل م
7 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

Pronunciation

Verb

علّم (ʕallam) II (present بعلّم (biʕallem))

  1. to teach
Conjugation
    Conjugation of علّم (ʕallam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m علّمت (ʕallamt) علّمت (ʕallamt) علّم (ʕallam) علّمنا (ʕallamna) علّمتو (ʕallamtu) علّمو (ʕallamu)
f علّمتي (ʕallamti) علّمت (ʕallamat)
present m بعلّم (baʕallem) بتعلّم (bitʕallem) بعلّم (biʕallem) منعلّم (minʕallem) بتعلّمو (bitʕallmu) بعلّمو (biʕallmu)
f بتعلّمي (bitʕallmi) بتعلّم (bitʕallem)
subjunctive m اعلّم (aʕallem) تعلّم (tʕallem) يعلّم (yʕallem) نعلّم (nʕallem) تعلّمو (tʕallmu) يعلّمو (yʕallmu)
f تعلّمي (tʕallmi) تعلّم (tʕallem)
imperative m علّم (ʕallem) علّمو (ʕallmu)
f علّمي (ʕallmi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

Noun

علم (ʕilmm (plural علوم (ʕulūm))

  1. knowledge, science
    Synonym: معرفة (maʕrife)
    على علميʕala ʕilmias far as I know

Etymology 3

From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

Pronunciation

Noun

علم (ʕalamm (plural أعلام (ʾaʕlām))

  1. flag

Urdu

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Wikipedia ur

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

Pronunciation

Noun

عِلْم ('ilmm (Hindi spelling इल्म)

  1. knowledge, learning
  2. literature

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَلَم ('alamm (Hindi spelling अलम)

  1. mark, sign, decoration
  2. spear
  3. (geometry) gnomon
  4. (grammar) proper noun