علامت

See also: علامة

Malay

Noun

علامت (plural علامت-علامت or علامت۲, informal 1st possessive علامتکو, 2nd possessive علامتمو, 3rd possessive علامتڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of alamat‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma, “sign, mark, symbol”).

Noun

علامت • (ʼalamet) (definite accusative علامتی (ʼalameti), plural علامات (ʼalamat))

1. sign, symbol, any object or event whose presence indicates the occurance of something else

   Synonyms: اشارت (işaret), نشان (nişan)

2. symptom, a perceived change in some function of a person that indicates a disease or disorder

   Synonym: اعراضی (aʼrâzî)

3. cipher, device, any emblem or other mark used to distinguish or identify the bearer from others

   Synonym: نشان (nişan)

4. miracle, wonder, marvel, prodigy, any event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature

   Synonyms: كرامت (keramet), معجزه (mu’cize)

Derived terms

• علامت شریفه (ʼalamet-i şerife, “the cypher of the Sultan”)
• علامت فارقه (ʼalamet-i farika, “distinctive sign”)
• فابریقه علامتی (fabrika ʼalameti, “trademark”)

Descendants

• Turkish: alamet
• → Albanian: alamet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “alamet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 191
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “alâmet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 32
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “علامت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 856
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Signum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1554
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علامت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3310
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alamet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “علامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1315

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.lɑː.ˈmat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔː.mǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.lɒː.mǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lɔ.mǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	alāmat
Dari reading?	alāmat
Iranian reading?	alâmat
Tajik reading?	alomat

Noun

Dari	علامت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аломат

علامت • (alāmat / alâmat) (plural علائم or علامت‌ها)

1. sign, mark

   Synonym: نشانه (nišāna / nešâne)

2. symbol
3. token
4. signal
5. symptom

Derived terms

• علامت تعجیب (alāmat-i ta'jīb / alâmat-e ta'jib)
• علامت جمع (alāmat-i jam' / alâmat-e jam')
• علامت زدن (alāmat zadan / alâmat zadan)
• علامت مساوی (alāmat-i musāwī / alâmat-e mosâvi)
• علامت منها (alāmat-i minhā / alâmat-e menhâ)
• علامت‌دار (alāmat-dār / alâmat-dâr)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma)bor.

Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat)bor.

Urdu عَلَامَت ('alāmat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat), borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi علامت ('lamt /⁠'alāmat⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ə.lɑː.mət̪/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ɪ.lɑː.mət̪]
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: عَ‧لَا‧مَت

Noun

عَلَامَت • ('alāmat) f (formal plural عَلَامَات ('alāmāt), Hindi spelling अलामत)

1. sign
2. indication (in literature, figuratively etc.)
3. (medicine) symptom (of an illness)
4. symbol; mark
5. (grammar) diacritical mark

   Synonyms: حَرْکَت (harkat), اِعْرَاب (i'rāb)

6. badge, emblem, coat of arms
7. (graphical user interface) icon (in computing etc.)

Declension

Declension of علامت
	singular	plural
direct	عَلَامَت ('alāmat)	عَلَامَتیں ('alāmatẽ)
oblique	عَلَامَت ('alāmat)	عَلَامَتوں ('alāmatõ)
vocative	عَلَامَت ('alāmat)	عَلَامَتو ('alāmato)

Further reading

• “علامت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “علامت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]