алем

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

It may be connected with Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”), or come from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French alemande[1]. Alternatively from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam, “sign, token; symbol; banner”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎlem/
  • Hyphenation: а‧лем

Noun

а̀лем m (Latin spelling àlem)

  1. jewel, gem
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish عالم (âlem) (Turkish alem), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎːlem/
  • Hyphenation: а‧лем

Noun

а́лем m (Latin spelling álem)

  1. world

References

  1. ^ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1971, v. 1, p. 28, alem: mislim da se u alem može da sakriva grčka riječ adāmas »dijamant« ... Ali treba pomišljati i na to da se može raditi o istoj riječi alemande, koja dolazi u spomenutom starofrancuskom Pelerinage-M
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