उलमा
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Hindi
Alternative forms
- उलेमा (ulemā)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عُلَمَاء (ulamā'), borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), from عَالِم (ʕālim), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).
Pronunciation
Noun
उलमा • (ulamā) m pl (Urdu spelling عُلَما or عُلَماء)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उलमा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उलमा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “علما”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “उलमा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.