علامت

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Malay

Noun

علامت (plural علامت-علامت or علامت٢)

  1. 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))

  1. sign, symbol, any object or event whose presence indicates the occurance of something else
    Synonyms: اشارت (işaret), نشان (nişan)
  2. symptom, a perceived change in some function of a person that indicates a disease or disorder
    Synonym: اعراضی (aʼrâzî)
  3. cipher, device, any emblem or other mark used to distinguish or identify the bearer from others
    Synonym: نشان (nişan)
  4. miracle, wonder, marvel, prodigy, any event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature
    Synonyms: كرامت (keramet), معجزه (mu’cize)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: alamet
  • → Albanian: alamet

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? alāmat
    Dari reading? alāmat
    Iranian reading? alâmat
    Tajik reading? 'alomat

    Noun

    Dari علامت
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik аломат

    علامت • (alāmat / alâmat) (plural علائم, or علامت‌ها)

    1. sign, mark
      Synonym: نشانه (nišāna / nešâne)
    2. symbol
    3. token
    4. signal
    5. symptom

    Derived terms

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma)bor.
      Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat)bor.
      Urdu عَلَامَت ('alāmat)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat), borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi علامت ('lamt /⁠'alāmat⁠/).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَلَامَت • ('alāmat) f (formal plural عَلَامَات ('alāmāt), Hindi spelling अलामत)

      1. sign
      2. indication (in literature, figuratively etc.)
      3. (medicine) symptom (of an illness)
      4. symbol; mark
      5. (grammar) diacritical mark
        Synonyms: حَرْکَت (harkat), اِعْرَاب (i'rāb)
      6. badge, emblem, coat of arms
      7. (graphical user interface) icon (in computing etc.)

      Declension

      Declension of علامت
      singular plural
      direct عَلَامَت ('alāmat) عَلَامَتیں ('alāmatẽ)
      oblique عَلَامَت ('alāmat) عَلَامَتوں ('alāmatõ)
      vocative عَلَامَت ('alāmat) عَلَامَتو ('alāmato)

      References

      1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “علامت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
      2. ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “علامت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
      3. ^ “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, 2025.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “علامت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
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