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Aramaic
Noun
עָלַם • (ʿālam) m
- absolute form of עָלְמָא (ʿāləmā)
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Noun
עֶלֶם • (élem) m (feminine counterpart עַלְמָה)
- a young, unmarried man of marriageable age
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Noun
עֹלָם • (olám) m
- defective spelling of עוֹלָם.
Etymology 3
Noun
עֻלָּם • (ulám)
- singular form of עֹל (ol) with third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as possessor.
Anagrams
Persian
Noun
עלם • (elm)
- Judeo-Persian spelling of علم (elm).
1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:וֿלי כֿייר וצוֿאב ועלם תורה
רוֿד המראה וֿיי תא נזד יך תא- vali xeyr o savâb o elm-e torâ
ravad hamrâh-e vey tâ nazd-e yek tâ - But kindness, good deeds and the knowledge of the Torah
Will accompany him all the way to God.