âlim

See also: alim, Alım, and alım

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عالم‎ (ālim, “who knows, learned, erudite, a doctor of science”),[1][2] from Arabic عَالِم‎ (ʕālim).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːˈlim/
  • Hyphenation: a‧lim

Noun

âlim (definite accusative âlimi, plural âlimler or (dated) ulema)

  1. alim, scholar, savant
    Synonym: bilgin
    İmâm-ı Gazâlî, Ehl-i Sünnet'in en büyük âlimlerindendir. ― Imam Gazali is one of the greatest alims of Sunni Islam.

Declension
Inflection
Nominative âlim
Definite accusative âlimi
Singular Plural
Nominative âlim âlimler
Definite accusative âlimi âlimleri
Dative âlime âlimlere
Locative âlimde âlimlerde
Ablative âlimden âlimlerden
Genitive âlimin âlimlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular âlimim âlimlerim
2nd singular âlimin âlimlerin
3rd singular âlimi âlimleri
1st plural âlimimiz âlimlerimiz
2nd plural âliminiz âlimleriniz
3rd plural âlimleri âlimleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular âlimimi âlimlerimi
2nd singular âlimini âlimlerini
3rd singular âlimini âlimlerini
1st plural âlimimizi âlimlerimizi
2nd plural âliminizi âlimlerinizi
3rd plural âlimlerini âlimlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular âlimime âlimlerime
2nd singular âlimine âlimlerine
3rd singular âlimine âlimlerine
1st plural âlimimize âlimlerimize
2nd plural âliminize âlimlerinize
3rd plural âlimlerine âlimlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular âlimimde âlimlerimde
2nd singular âliminde âlimlerinde
3rd singular âliminde âlimlerinde
1st plural âlimimizde âlimlerimizde
2nd plural âliminizde âlimlerinizde
3rd plural âlimlerinde âlimlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular âlimimden âlimlerimden
2nd singular âliminden âlimlerinden
3rd singular âliminden âlimlerinden
1st plural âlimimizden âlimlerimizden
2nd plural âliminizden âlimlerinizden
3rd plural âlimlerinden âlimlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular âlimimin âlimlerimin
2nd singular âliminin âlimlerinin
3rd singular âliminin âlimlerinin
1st plural âlimimizin âlimlerimizin
2nd plural âliminizin âlimlerinizin
3rd plural âlimlerinin âlimlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular âlimim âlimlerim
2nd singular âlimsin âlimlersin
3rd singular âlim
âlimdir		 âlimler
âlimlerdir
1st plural âlimiz âlimleriz
2nd plural âlimsiniz âlimlersiniz
3rd plural âlimler âlimlerdir

Derived terms
  • âlim unutmuş, kalem unutmamış
  • âlimane
  • âlimden zalim doğar
  • âlimlik

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عالم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1278
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “عالم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 836
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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