عالم

Etymology 1
Borrowed from /  or, possibly from.

The pattern is considered originally foreign to Arabic and Ethiopic, occurring only in likely loanwords such as, ,. It should be noted some of these loans are suspected to be early, such as being present in Old Arabian Inscriptions and  retaining the sound masculine plural ending in spite of being treated as a non-human plural; a feature that suggests it existed prior to the restriction of such a use exclusively for male humans; whereas one group renders known  suffixes, as in  and  and  and via 🇨🇬 fricativized as in  the ending of which became  and. Nautically, even borrowings with this measure like  are possible early. Consequently due to its early appearance, the pattern has since become a sparsely used coined pattern in its own right, typically however still being reserved for loanwords using the structure of these earlier loans as their basis; for example the later loan.

Noun

 * 1) world
 * 2) universe, cosmos, existence
 * 3)  world, hereunder, worldly life
 * 4) things, creation, that which exists before you
 * 5) nation, people, group, type, or kind
 * 1) things, creation, that which exists before you
 * 2) nation, people, group, type, or kind

Etymology 2
of the verb, from the root.

Noun

 * 1) scholar, man of letters, scientist
 * 2) knowledgeable person, savant

Noun

 * 1) teacher

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) world
 * 2) people, folk
 * 1) people, folk

Usage notes

 * When meaning “people” it is often construed with a feminine or plural verb, like.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) world, universe, everything except God
 * 2) age, time, period

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) learned man, scholar, man of letters
 * 2) particularly, a member of a certain class of men with a state-sponsored tenure, as distinguished from a mufti, being part of the askeri class, alim

Adjective

 * 1) learned, educated

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) world; universe

Etymology 2
.

Adjective

 * 1) learned; knowledgeable

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) world
 * 2) universe
 * 3) kingdom
 * 4) state, condition

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1) learned
 * 2) knowledgeable
 * 3) intelligent
 * 4) wise

Usage notes

 * Many Arabic loanwords, such as, can have multiple meanings in Punjabi, where in this case, one is related to the noun, while the latter meaning is used to refer to the adjective. Both are borrowed from different Arabic words, yet have the same pronunciation in Punjabi, unlike in, the sister language, Urdu ', (and rarely in Hindi '), where there is a distinction in pronunciation between the adjective and the noun. This can cause ambiguity as generally Punjabi speakers, who tend to also speak Hindi and Urdu, might actually mix words from either languages and not emphasise on the difference in pronunciation.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) world

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1) aware
 * 2)  knowing

Noun

 * 1) scholar, scientist

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) world
 * 2) universe
 * 3) mankind
 * 4) kingdom
 * 5) season
 * 6) state, condition
 * 7) age, period

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1) learned
 * 2) knowledgeable
 * 3) intelligent
 * 4) wise

Noun

 * 1) doctor
 * 2) scientist