طالم
See also: ظالم
Arabic
Etymology
From Malayalam താലം (tālaṁ, “dish”), from തലം (talaṁ, “sole; base, bottom, under”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˤaː.lam/
Noun
طَالَم • (ṭālam) m (plural طَوَالِم (ṭawālim))
- a flat platter to serve rice, a thali
- 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri][1], volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 69, line 2:
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | طَالَم ṭālam |
الطَّالَم aṭ-ṭālam |
طَالَم ṭālam |
| nominative | طَالَمٌ ṭālamun |
الطَّالَمُ aṭ-ṭālamu |
طَالَمُ ṭālamu |
| accusative | طَالَمًا ṭālaman |
الطَّالَمَ aṭ-ṭālama |
طَالَمَ ṭālama |
| genitive | طَالَمٍ ṭālamin |
الطَّالَمِ aṭ-ṭālami |
طَالَمِ ṭālami |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | طَالَمَيْن ṭālamayn |
الطَّالَمَيْن aṭ-ṭālamayn |
طَالَمَيْ ṭālamay |
| nominative | طَالَمَانِ ṭālamāni |
الطَّالَمَانِ aṭ-ṭālamāni |
طَالَمَا ṭālamā |
| accusative | طَالَمَيْنِ ṭālamayni |
الطَّالَمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭālamayni |
طَالَمَيْ ṭālamay |
| genitive | طَالَمَيْنِ ṭālamayni |
الطَّالَمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭālamayni |
طَالَمَيْ ṭālamay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | طَوَالِم ṭawālim |
الطَّوَالِم aṭ-ṭawālim |
طَوَالِم ṭawālim |
| nominative | طَوَالِمُ ṭawālimu |
الطَّوَالِمُ aṭ-ṭawālimu |
طَوَالِمُ ṭawālimu |
| accusative | طَوَالِمَ ṭawālima |
الطَّوَالِمَ aṭ-ṭawālima |
طَوَالِمَ ṭawālima |
| genitive | طَوَالِمَ ṭawālima |
الطَّوَالِمِ aṭ-ṭawālimi |
طَوَالِمِ ṭawālimi |
References
- Lambourn, Elizabeth (2015) “Irreverent History: Essays for M. G. S. Narayanan”, in Kesavan Veluthat and Donald Davis Jr., editors, Borrowed Words in an Ocean of Objects: Geniza sources and new cultural histories of the Indian Ocean[2], New Delhi: Primus Books, →ISBN, pages 363–414
- Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, page 107
- Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, page 112
- Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, page 267