طالم

See also: ظالم

Arabic

Etymology

From Malayalam താലം (tālaṁ, “dish”), from തലം (talaṁ, “sole; base, bottom, under”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.lam/

Noun

طَالَم • (ṭālam) m (plural طَوَالِم (ṭawālim))

1. a flat platter to serve rice, a thali
   • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎^[1], volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 69, line 2:

Declension

Declension of noun طَالَم (ṭālam)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَالَم ṭālam	الطَّالَم aṭ-ṭālam	طَالَم ṭālam
Nominative	طَالَمٌ ṭālamun	الطَّالَمُ aṭ-ṭālamu	طَالَمُ ṭālamu
Accusative	طَالَمًا ṭālaman	الطَّالَمَ aṭ-ṭālama	طَالَمَ ṭālama
Genitive	طَالَمٍ ṭālamin	الطَّالَمِ aṭ-ṭālami	طَالَمِ ṭālami
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَالَمَيْن ṭālamayn	الطَّالَمَيْن aṭ-ṭālamayn	طَالَمَيْ ṭālamay
Nominative	طَالَمَانِ ṭālamāni	الطَّالَمَانِ aṭ-ṭālamāni	طَالَمَا ṭālamā
Accusative	طَالَمَيْنِ ṭālamayni	الطَّالَمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭālamayni	طَالَمَيْ ṭālamay
Genitive	طَالَمَيْنِ ṭālamayni	الطَّالَمَيْنِ aṭ-ṭālamayni	طَالَمَيْ ṭālamay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوَالِم ṭawālim	الطَّوَالِم aṭ-ṭawālim	طَوَالِم ṭawālim
Nominative	طَوَالِمُ ṭawālimu	الطَّوَالِمُ aṭ-ṭawālimu	طَوَالِمُ ṭawālimu
Accusative	طَوَالِمَ ṭawālima	الطَّوَالِمَ aṭ-ṭawālima	طَوَالِمَ ṭawālima
Genitive	طَوَالِمَ ṭawālima	الطَّوَالِمِ aṭ-ṭawālimi	طَوَالِمِ ṭawālimi

References

• Lambourn, Elizabeth (2015) “Irreverent History: Essays for M. G. S. Narayanan”, in Kesavan Veluthat and Donald Davis Jr., editors, Borrowed Words in an Ocean of Objects: Geniza sources and new cultural histories of the Indian Ocean‎^[2], New Delhi: Primus Books, →ISBN, pages 363–414
• Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 107
• Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 112
• Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 267