alem

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

além m

1. world
2. mankind

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “alem”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

alem

1. world, universe
2. society, people
3. crescent on the mosque
4. coat of arms

• “alem”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaləm/ [ˈa.ləm]
• Rhymes: -aləm
• Syllabification: a‧lem

alem

1. spoil

• “alem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Akin to Malay malam and Tetum kalan.

alem

1. night

alem

1. inflection of alar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

alem (not comparable)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of além.

alem m (plural alens)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of além.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

alem n (uncountable)

1. Ottoman flag

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀəm.

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈləm/, [a.ˈləm]

alem

1. pangolin

It may be connected with Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”), or come from Old French alemande.^[1] Alternatively from Ottoman Turkish, from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam, “sign, token; symbol; banner”).

• IPA^(key): /ǎlem/
• Hyphenation: a‧lem

àlem m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀лем)

1. (regional) jewel, gem

• alem-kamen

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عالم (alem), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

• IPA^(key): /ǎːlem/
• Hyphenation: a‧lem

álem m inan (Cyrillic spelling а́лем)

1. world

• “alem”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Ottoman Turkish علم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

• IPA^(key): [aˈlæm]
• Hyphenation: a‧lem

alem (definite accusative alemi, plural alemler)

1. banner
2. flag
3. The crescent made out of bronze or copper placed at the peak of minarets and flags.

• “alem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu