علما
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).
Noun
علما • (ulemâ)
- plural of عالم (âlim)
Descendants
- Turkish: ulema
- → Dutch: oelema
- → English: ulema
- → French: ouléma
- → German: Ulema
- → Greek: ουλεμάς (oulemás)
- → Polish: ulem
- → Portuguese: ulemá
- → Romanian: ulema
- → Russian: уле́м (ulém)
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔu.la.ˈmaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊ.lä.mɑ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔo.læ.mɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔu.lä.mɔ́]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ulamā |
| Dari reading? | ulamā |
| Iranian reading? | olamâ |
| Tajik reading? | ulamo |
Noun
علما • (ulamā / olamâ)
- unhamzated form of علماء (ulamā' / olamâ'), plural of عالم (ālim / âlem)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عُلَمَاء (ulamā'), borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), from عَالِم (ʕālim), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊ.lə.mɑː/
Noun
علما • (ulamā)
- plural of عالم (ālim)