معلم

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”).

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕal.lam/

مُعَلَّم • (muʕallam) (feminine مُعَلَّمَة (muʕallama), masculine plural مُعَلَّمُونَ (muʕallamūna), feminine plural مُعَلَّمَات (muʕallamāt))

1. taught, schooled, instructed, educated, trained
2. marked, labeled, represented

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”).

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕal.lim/

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مُعَلِّم • (muʕallim) m (plural مُعَلِّمُون (muʕallimūn), feminine مُعَلِّمَة (muʕallima))

1. teacher, instructor, schoolteacher, tutor, schoolmaster, pedagogue, educator
2. master of a trade
3. navigator, a kind of compliance officer on a ship, who checks that the technical stuff is in order on the vessel

• Maltese: mgħallem
• → Afar: maqallím, muqallím
• → Azerbaijani: müəllim
• → Bengali: মুয়াল্লিম (muallim)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुअल्लिम (muallim)

  Urdu: معلم (mu'allim)

• → Kanuri: málə̀m
  • → Hausa: mālàmī
• → Lishana Deni: מעלם (maʕalləm, “teacher, rabbi, ritual slaughterer”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: معلم (muallim)
  • → Turkish: muallim
• → Nogai: мугалим (mugalim)
• → Persian: معلم (mo'allem)
• → Swahili: mwalimu
• → Turkmen: mugallym
• → Uyghur: مۇئەللىم (mu'ellim)
• → Uzbek: muallim

Noun of place from the verb عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know, to perceive, to distinguish”).

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.lam/

مَعْلَم • (maʕlam) m (plural مَعَالِم (maʕālim))

1. landmark, milestone, milepost
2. road sign, signpost, guidepost
3. place, abode, locality, spot
4. track, trace
5. peculiarity
6. (in the plural) sights, curiosities
7. (in the plural) traits
8. (in the plural) outlines, contours

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama, “to inform”).

• IPA^(key): /muʕ.lim/

مُعْلِم • (muʕlim) m

1. bearer of news, notifier, informer, informant
2. tattletale, snitch

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “علم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

• Audio (Iran):

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معلم • (mu'allim／mo'allem) (plural معلمان or معلم‌ها or معلمون)

1. teacher

   Synonyms: آموزگار (âmuzgâr), استاد (ostâd), دبیر (dabir)

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلَّم (muʕallam).

معلم • (mu'allam／mo'allam)

1. (rare) taught, instructed, trained

From Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

• IPA^(key): /mʕal.lem/,

• Audio (Ramallah):

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معلّم • (mʕallem) m (plural معلمين (mʕallmīn), feminine معلمة (mʕallme))

1. teacher

   Synonym: أستاذ (ʔustāz)

2. master of a trade

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَلِّم (mu'allim), borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim), from عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.(ʔ)əl.lɪm/

مُعَلِّم • (mu'allim) m (Hindi spelling मुअल्लिम)

1. teacher
2. tutor
3. instructor

• مُعَلِّمَہ (mu'allima)
• مُعَلِّمی (mu'allimī)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَلَّم (mu'allam), borrowed from Arabic مُعَلَّم (muʕallam), from عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.(ʔ)əl.ləm/

مُعَلَّم • (mu'allam) m (Hindi spelling मुअल्लम)

1. student
2. pupil