علاج

Arabic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕi.laːd͡ʒ/

Noun

عِلَاج • (ʕilājm

  1. verbal noun of عَالَجَ (ʕālaja) (form III)
  2. remedy, cure
  3. therapy

Declension

Declension of noun عِلَاج (ʕilāj)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal عِلَاج
ʕilāj
الْعِلَاج
al-ʕilāj
عِلَاج
ʕilāj
nominative عِلَاجٌ
ʕilājun
الْعِلَاجُ
al-ʕilāju
عِلَاجُ
ʕilāju
accusative عِلَاجًا
ʕilājan
الْعِلَاجَ
al-ʕilāja
عِلَاجَ
ʕilāja
genitive عِلَاجٍ
ʕilājin
الْعِلَاجِ
al-ʕilāji
عِلَاجِ
ʕilāji

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: علاج (ʼilac)
    • > Turkish: ilaç (inherited)
    • Albanian: ilaç
    • Armenian: իլաճ (ilač), իլաջ (ilaǰ)
    • Bulgarian: ила́ч (iláč)
    • Aromanian: ileaci / ileace
    • Laz: ლაჯი (laci), ილაჯი (ilaci)Artasheni, Arkabi
  • Northern Kurdish: îlac
  • Classical Persian: علاج (ilāj)
  • Uyghur: ئىلاج (ilaj)
  • Uzbek: iloj

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِلَاج (ʕilāj, remedy, cure).

Noun

علاج • (ʼilâc) (definite accusative علاجی (ʼilâcı), plural علاجلر (ʼilâclar))

  1. remedy, cure, healing, a medicine or treatment that relieves a disease or illness
    Synonyms: چاره (çare), درمان (derman), دوا (deva)
  2. medicine, drug, medication, any substance which specifically promotes healing
    Synonym: ام (em)

Derived terms

  • بی علاج (bî ʼilâc, irremediable)
  • علاج ایتمك (ʼilâc etmek, to administer a medicine)
  • علاج بولمق (ʼilâc bolmak, to find a cure)
  • علاج حقه‌سی (ʼilâc hokkası, gallipot)
  • علاج پذیر (ʼilâc pezir, curable)
  • علاجسز (ʼilâcsız, irremediable)
  • علاجلامق (ʼilâclamak, to medicate)
  • علاجلو (ʼilâclı, medicated)
  • لا علاج (lâ ʼilâc, through sheer necessity)

Descendants

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian علاج ('ilāj), from Arabic عِلَاج (ʕilāj).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɪ.lɑːd͡ʒ/
  • Hyphenation: عِ‧لَاج
  • Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒ

Noun

عِلَاج • ('ilājm (Hindi spelling इलाज)

  1. medical treatment
  2. cure
  3. remedy

Further reading

  • علاج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “علاج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 437