आलम

Borrowed from Classical Persian عالم ('ālam), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam). Compare Bengali আলম (alom), Malayalam ആലം (ālaṁ), Telugu ఆలము (ālamu).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləm/, [äː.lɐ̃m]

आलम • (ālam) m (Urdu spelling عَالَم)

1. world, universe, creation

   Synonyms: दुनिया (duniyā), संसार (sansār), जगत् (jagat)

2. state, condition, circumstances

   Synonym: स्थिति (sthiti)

   • 1995, “बरसात के मौसम में [barsāt ke mausam mẽ]”, Sudarshan Faakir (lyrics):

     बरसात के मौसम में
     तन्हाई के आलम में
     मैं घर से निकल आया
     बोतल भी उठा लाया

     barsāt ke mausam mẽ
     tanhāī ke ālam mẽ
     ma͠i ghar se nikal āyā
     botal bhī uṭhā lāyā

     In the rainy weather
     In a lonely state
     I came out of my house
     Carrying a bottle with me

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 473
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 93
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “आलम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 72
• “आलम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.