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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).
Noun
alem m
- world
- mankind
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).
Noun
alem
- world, universe
- society, people
- crescent on the mosque
- coat of arms
Declension
Derived terms
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Ngaju
Etymology
Akin to Malay malam and Tetum kalan.
Noun
alem
- night
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Verb
alem
- inflection of alar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Adverb
alem (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of além
Noun
alem m (plural alens)
- Obsolete spelling of além
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).
Noun
alem n (uncountable)
- Ottoman flag
Declension
declension of alem (singular only)
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indefinite articulation
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(un) alem
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alemul
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(unui) alem
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alemului
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alemule
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Sakizaya
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀəm.
Pronunciation
Noun
alem
- pangolin
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
It may be connected with Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”), or come from Old French alemande. Alternatively from Ottoman Turkish, from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam, “sign, token; symbol; banner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎlem/
- Hyphenation: a‧lem
Noun
àlem m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лем)
- jewel, gem
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عالم (alem), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎːlem/
- Hyphenation: a‧lem
Noun
álem m (Cyrillic spelling а́лем)
- world
References
- ^ 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
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish علم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).
Pronunciation
Noun
alem (definite accusative alemi, plural alemler)
- banner
- flag
- The crescent made out of bronze or copper placed at the peak of minarets and flags.
Declension
References
- “alem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu