معلومات

Arabic

Etymology

Plural of مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm, “known”), passive participle of عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مَعْلُومَات • (maʕlūmāt) f pl (normally plural, singular مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma))

1. information
2. known things, knowledge, sciences, dates, statements
3. plural of مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma)

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْلُومَات (maʕlūmāt)

Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْلُومَات maʕlūmāt	الْمَعْلُومَات al-maʕlūmāt	مَعْلُومَات maʕlūmāt
Nominative	مَعْلُومَاتٌ maʕlūmātun	الْمَعْلُومَاتُ al-maʕlūmātu	مَعْلُومَاتُ maʕlūmātu
Accusative	مَعْلُومَاتٍ maʕlūmātin	الْمَعْلُومَاتِ al-maʕlūmāti	مَعْلُومَاتِ maʕlūmāti
Genitive	مَعْلُومَاتٍ maʕlūmātin	الْمَعْلُومَاتِ al-maʕlūmāti	مَعْلُومَاتِ maʕlūmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məlumat
• → Bashkir: мәғлүмәт (məğlümət)
• → Karakalpak: mag'lıwmat
• → Kazakh: мағлұмат (mağlūmat)
• → Kyrgyz: маалымат (maalımat)
• → Malay: maklumat
  • Indonesian: maklumat
• → Turkmen: maglumat
• → Turkish: malumat
• → Uyghur: مەلۇمات (melumat)
• → Urdu: معلومات
• → Uzbek: ma'lumot

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معلومات”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Malay

Noun

معلومات (plural معلومات-معلومات or معلومات۲, informal 1st possessive معلوماتکو, 2nd possessive معلوماتمو, 3rd possessive معلوماتڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of maklumat

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْلُومَات (maʕlūmāt).

Noun

معلومات • (ma'lumat)

1. information
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[2], page 12:

     ایضاح ایتدیكم معلومات و مشاهداته كوره اوچ نوع قرار اورته‌یه آتیلمشدی.

     İzah ettiğim malumat ve müşahedata göre üç nev karar ortaya atılmıştı.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Turkish: malumat

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل م
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْلُومَات (maʕlūmāt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.luː.maːt/, [maʕ.luːˈmæːt]

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Noun

معلومات • (maʕlūmāt) pl

1. information, known things

   Synonym: إعلام (ʔiʕlām)