उलमा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• उलेमा (ulemā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُلَمَاء (ulamā'), borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), from عَالِم (ʕālim), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊ.lə.mɑː/, [ʊ.lɐ.mäː]

Noun

उलमा • (ulamā) m pl (Urdu spelling عُلَما or عُلَماء)

1. plural of आलिम (ālim)
   1. (Islam) ulema

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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.