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Malay
Noun
علامت (plural علامت-علامت or علامت۲, informal 1st possessive علامتکو, 2nd possessive علامتمو, 3rd possessive علامتڽ)
- Jawi spelling of alamat
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma, “sign, mark, symbol”).
Noun
علامت • (ʼalamet) (definite accusative علامتی (ʼalameti), plural علامات (ʼalamat))
- sign, symbol, any object or event whose presence indicates the occurance of something else
- Synonyms: اشارت (işaret), نشان (nişan)
- symptom, a perceived change in some function of a person that indicates a disease or disorder
- Synonym: اعراضی (aʼrâzî)
- cipher, device, any emblem or other mark used to distinguish or identify the bearer from others
- Synonym: نشان (nişan)
- miracle, wonder, marvel, prodigy, any event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature
- Synonyms: كرامت (keramet), معجزه (mu’cize)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “alamet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 191
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “alâmet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 32
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “علامت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 856
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Signum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1554
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علامت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3310
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alamet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “علامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1315
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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alāmat
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Dari reading?
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alāmat
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Iranian reading?
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alâmat
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Tajik reading?
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alomat
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Noun
Dari
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علامت
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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аломат
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علامت • (alāmat/alâmat) (plural علائم or علامتها)
- sign, mark
- Synonym: نشانه (nišāna/nešâne)
- symbol
- token
- signal
- symptom
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat), borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).[1][2] First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi علامت ('lamt /'alāmat/).[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
عَلَامَت • ('alāmat) f (formal plural عَلَامَات ('alāmāt), Hindi spelling अलामत)
- sign
- indication (in literature, figuratively etc.)
- (medicine) symptom (of an illness)
- symbol; mark
- (grammar) diacritical mark
- Synonyms: حَرْکَت (harkat), اِعْرَاب (i'rāb)
- badge, emblem, coat of arms
- (graphical user interface) icon (in computing etc.)
Declension
Declension of علامت
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singular
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plural
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direct
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عَلَامَت ('alāmat)
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عَلَامَتیں ('alāmatẽ)
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oblique
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عَلَامَت ('alāmat)
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عَلَامَتوں ('alāmatõ)
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vocative
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عَلَامَت ('alāmat)
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عَلَامَتو ('alāmato)
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References
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “علامت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “علامت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- ^ “علامت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Further reading
- “علامت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “علامت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]