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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish علی العموم, from Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) and الْعُمُوم (al-ʕumūm). Compare Azerbaijani ələlümum, Persian علیالعموم (“alalomum”).
Adverb
alelumum (archaic)
- generally, in general; commonly
- Synonym: bilumum
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alelumum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عموم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1322
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN