alam

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See also: alām, alam-, and āläm

Estonian

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Etymology

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Ultimately derived from ala (area).

Noun

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alam (genitive alama, partitive alama)

  1. inferior, something or someone that is of a lower standing

Inflection

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Declension of alam (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative alam alamad
accusative nom.
gen. alama
genitive alamate
partitive alamat alamaid
illative alamasse alamatesse
alamaisse
inessive alamas alamates
alamais
elative alamast alamatest
alamaist
allative alamale alamatele
alamaile
adessive alamal alamatel
alamail
ablative alamalt alamatelt
alamailt
translative alamaks alamateks
alamaiks
terminative alamani alamateni
essive alamana alamatena
abessive alamata alamateta
comitative alamaga alamatega

Derived terms

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Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay alam, from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧lam
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalam/ [ˈʔa.lam]

Noun

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álam

  1. knowledge, learning

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay alam, from Classical Malay عالم (alam), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam).[1]

Noun

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alam (first-person possessive alamku, second-person possessive alammu, third-person possessive alamnya)

  1. universe: the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
  2. nature: the natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design.
  3. world
    Synonym: dunia
  4. realm: a territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, especially by a king.
    Synonyms: daerah, kerajaan, negeri
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam, flag, banner; authority, distinguished man).[2]

Noun

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alam

  1. banner, standard
    Synonyms: bendera, panji
  2. an official of religious affairs in Banten and Madura
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References

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
  2. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[2], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

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Kavalan

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Noun

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alam

  1. bird

Lacandon

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Adverb

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alam

  1. down

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ālam f

  1. accusative singular of āla

Verb

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alam

  1. inflection of alō:
    1. first-person singular future active indicative
    2. first-person singular present active subjunctive

Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈalam/ [ˈa.lam]
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: a‧lam

Noun

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alam (Jawi spelling عالم, plural alam-alam, informal 1st possessive alamku, 2nd possessive alammu, 3rd possessive alamnya)

  1. realm, world
  2. field (of interest)
  3. (biology, taxonomy) kingdom: A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
    Synonym: kerajaan (Indonesian)

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: alam

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Noun

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alam

  1. herd, flock

Portuguese

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Verb

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alam

  1. third-person plural present indicative of alar

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Malay alam, from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam, world, universe), from Aramaic עָלְמָא / ܥܳܠܡܳܐ (ʿāləmā) or Hebrew עוֹלָם (ʿōlām), possibly from Akkadian 𒂖𒆷𒈬𒌋𒀀 (/⁠ellamu, illamu⁠/). Compare Bikol Central aram.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alám or alam (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔)

  1. knowledge; learning; wisdom
    Synonyms: talino, dunong
  2. understanding; sense
    Synonym: unawa
  3. involvement; participation
  4. (obsolete) goodwill; kindheartedness
    Synonyms: bait, mabuting-loob
    Malaking lubha ang alam ng loob mo.
    The kindness of your heart is too great.
  5. (obsolete) gentleness; meekness
    Synonym: amo
  6. (obsolete) affability

Adjective

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alám (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔)

  1. known; familiar
    Synonyms: batid, lantad
  2. aware; conscious; cognizant; sensible
    Synonyms: batid, tukoy
  3. clear; understood
    Synonym: maliwanag
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alam (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. notification or request asking permission to proceed
Usage notes
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  • The sense is now only used in derived terms.
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Further reading

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  • alam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[4], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 27: Afabilidad) Alam (pp) y buena cõdiciõ
    • page 96: Auiſar) Alam (pc) haçiendo ſaver algo a alguno
    • page 108: Benignidad) Alam (pp) de coraçon
    • page 108: Benigno) Alam (pp) y manſo de coraçon
    • page 110: Bienacondicionado) Alam (pp) benigno y manſo
    • page 124: Buena condiçion) Alam (pp) y afable
    • page 180: Condiçion) Alam (pp) buena
    • page 183: Consorte) Alam (pp) en lo que hiço alguno, caalam, el tal conſorte
    • page 214: Dar) Alam [(pp)] licençia al que la pide
    • page 244: Deſpedirſe) Alam (pp) pidiendo licençia
    • page 389: Liçençia) Alam (pp) [pedir a] alguno para irſe
    • page 406: Manſedumbre) Alam (pp) interior y exterior
    • page 406: Manſo) Alam (pp) que de nada ſe altera
    • page 444: Noble) Alam (pp) de condiçion y bondad
    • page 446: Noſe) Alam (pp) loque [ſe me] pregunta
    • page 472: Pedir) Alam (pp) liçençia para irſe
    • page 538: Saber) Alam (pp) alguna coſa
    • page 538: Sabiduria) Alam [(pp)]
    • page 602: Voluntad) Alam (pp) buena

Anagrams

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alam

  1. world, universe

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English alarm.

Noun

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alam

  1. alarm

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

Noun

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alam (plural alamlar)

  1. flag

Declension

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