اطلاعات · اِطِّلَاع — information; intelligence (the intelligence service)
Shifted meaningCertainnoun · Learning · everyday
Same word, but the meaning has moved. Overlaps, with a twist.
Arabic
اِطِّلَاع
iṭṭilāʿ/ʔitˤtˤilaːʕ/
In Arabic
looking into, perusal; being informed of something
Arabic says: مَعْلُومَات maʿlūmāt
Persian
اطلاعات
ettelāʾāt/ettelɒʔɒt/
In Persian
information; intelligence (the intelligence service)
- Root
- ط ل ع
- Pattern
- اِفْتِعَال
Note. Arabic iṭṭilāʿ is the act of looking into something or being informed; information itself is maʿlūmāt.
Spelling. Persian uses the Arabic plural in -āt as its word for 'information'.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr