ilm

From Proto-Finnic *ilma, from Proto-Uralic *ilma.

ilm (genitive ilma, partitive ilma)

1. weather
2. (poetic) world

ilm

1. indefinite accusative singular of ilmur
2. indefinite dative singular of ilmur

Salaca form of īlma (“world, (archaic) air”).

ilm

1. (Salaca) air
2. (Salaca) world

ilm

1. obsolete spelling of īlma

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

From Proto-Finnic *ilma.

ilm

1. air

From Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

ilm ?

1. knowledge

Inherited from Proto-Berber *élăm (“skin”)^[1], from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?].

Cognates include Tuareg élăm (“skin, leather”), Zenaga iyəm (“animal skin”), Ghadames ēlăm (“animal skin”), Tarifit iřem (“skin, leather”), Kabyle tallumt (“screens made of thin strips of skin”), and Egyptian jnm (“skin”).

• IPA^(key): /ilm/

ilm m (plural ilmawn or almiwn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵍⵎ, Arabic spelling ايلم)

1. skin

   ur gis yagur abla ixsan d yilm. ― he's just skin and bones.

2. leather

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1094a

Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).

ilm (plural ilmlar)

1. science
2. knowledge

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From Proto-Finnic *ilma.

ilm (genitive ilma, partitive ilma)

1. weather, climate
2. world, universe

• ilma
• maailm