उलमा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- उलेमा (ulemā)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian علما ('olamâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “learned one”) whence आलिम (ālim).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʊ.lə.mɑː/, [ʊ.l̪ə.mäː]
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “उलमा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “उलमा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “علما”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “उलमा”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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