عالم · عَالِم — scholar, learned person
Same meaningCertainnoun · Learning · common
Persian took the Arabic word and kept its meaning.
Arabic
عَالِم
ʿālim/ʕaːlim/
In Arabic
scholar, learned person
Persian
عالم
ālem/ɒlem/
In Persian
scholar, learned person
- Root
- ع ل م
- Pattern
- فَاعِل
- Plural Persian kept
- علماعُلَمَاءolamā · ʿulamāʾ
Note. Not to be confused with ʾālam 'world' (عَالَم), spelled the same in Persian.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr