علماء

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.la.maːʔ/

Noun

عُلَمَاء • (ʕulamāʔ) m pl

1. plural of عَالِم (ʕālim)

Adjective

عُلَمَاء • (ʕulamāʔ) m pl

1. masculine plural of عَلِيم (ʕalīm)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: üləma
• → Bashkir: ғөләмә (ğöləmə)
• → Classical Persian: عُلَمَاء (ulamā')
  • → Chagatai: علما
    • Uyghur: ئۇلەما (ulema)
    • Uzbek: ulamo
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: उलमा (ulamā)

    Urdu: عُلَما ('ulamā)

  • → Kazakh: ғұлама (ğūlama)
  • → Turkmen: ulama
• → Japanese: ウラマー
• → Malay: ulama
  • Indonesian: ulama
• → Ottoman Turkish: علما (ulemâ)
  • Turkish: ulema
  • → Dutch: oelema
  • → English: ulema
  • → French: ouléma
  • → German: Ulema
  • → Greek: ουλεμάς (oulemás)
  • → Polish: ulem
  • → Portuguese: ulemá
  • → Romanian: ulema
  • → Russian: уле́м (ulém)
• → Tatar: голәмә (ğolämä)

Persian

Alternative forms

• علما (ulamā / olamâ) (unhamzated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), from عَالِم (ʕālim), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔu.la.mɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.lä.mɑːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.lä.mɑːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.lä.mɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.lä.mɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo.læ.mɒːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔu.lä.mɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ulamā'
Dari reading?	ulamā'
Iranian reading?	olamâ'
Tajik reading?	ulamoʾ

Noun

علماء • (ulamā' / olamâ')

1. plural of عالم (ālim / âlem)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: علما
  • Uyghur: ئۇلەما (ulema)
  • Uzbek: ulamo
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: उलमा (ulamā)

  Urdu: عُلَما ('ulamā)

• → Kazakh: ғұлама (ğūlama)
• → Turkmen: ulama

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “علماء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “علماء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul