علماء

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕu.la.maːʔ/

Noun

عُلَمَاء • (ʕulamāʔ) m pl

plural of عَالِم (ʕālim)

Adjective

عُلَمَاء • (ʕulamāʔ) m pl

masculine plural of عَلِيم (ʕalīm)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: üləma
→ Bashkir: ғөләмә (ğöləmə)
→ Classical Persian: عُلَمَاء (ulamā')
- → Chagatai: علما (ʿlmā)
  - 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.ˈmaːʔ/

(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^?	ulamo'

Noun

علماء • (ulamā' / olamâ')

plural of (ālim / âlem)

Descendants

→ Chagatai: علما (ʿlmā)
- 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