आलम
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See also: आलिम
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian عالم ('ālam), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam). Compare Bengali আলম (alom), Malayalam ആലം (ālaṁ), Telugu ఆలము (ālamu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]आलम • (ālam) m (Urdu spelling عَالَم)
- world, universe, creation
- state, condition, circumstances
- Synonym: स्थिति (sthiti)
- 1995, “बरसात के मौसम में [barsāt ke mausam mẽ]”, Sudarshan Faakir (lyrics):
- बरसात के मौसम में
तन्हाई के आलम में
मैं घर से निकल आया
बोतल भी उठा लाया- barsāt ke mausam mẽ
tanhāī ke ālam mẽ
ma͠i ghar se nikal āyā
botal bhī uṭhā lāyā - In the rainy weather
In a lonely state
I came out of my house
Carrying a bottle with me
- barsāt ke mausam mẽ
Declension
[edit]Declension of आलम (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 473
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 93
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “आलम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 72
- “आलम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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