علمی

See also: علمي

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَلِمَ (ʕalima)

Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic عِلْمِيّ (ʕilmiyy)bor.

Persian علمی

Borrowed from Arabic عِلْمِيّ (ʕilmiyy), from عِلْم (ʕilm) or ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, علم (ilm / elm) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔil.ˈmiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.míː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.míː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.míː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔil.mí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔel.míː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔil.mí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	ilmī
Dari reading?	ilmī
Iranian reading?	elmi
Tajik reading?	ilmi

Adjective

علمی • (ilmī / elmi) (Tajik spelling илмӣ)

1. scientific

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَلِمَ (ʕalima)

Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic عِلْمِيّ (ʕilmiyy)bor.

Classical Persian عِلْمِی (ilmī)bor.

Urdu عِلْمی

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِلْمِی (ilmī), borrowed from Arabic عِلْمِيّ (ʕilmiyy), from عِلْم (ʕilm) or ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, علم (ilm) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪl.miː/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

عِلْمی • ('ilmī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling इल्मी)

1. academic
2. scientific

   Synonym: سَائِنْسِی (sāinsī)

3. scholarly

Further reading

• “علمی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “علمی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.