معلم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ل م (ʕ l m)
28 terms

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕal.lam/

Adjective

مُعَلَّم • (muʕallam) (feminine مُعَلَّمَة (muʕallama), masculine plural مُعَلَّمُونَ (muʕallamūna), feminine plural مُعَلَّمَات (muʕallamāt))

1. taught, schooled, instructed, educated, trained
2. marked, labeled, represented

Declension

Declension of adjective مُعَلَّم (muʕallam)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُعَلَّم muʕallam	الْمُعَلَّم al-muʕallam	مُعَلَّمَة muʕallama	الْمُعَلَّمَة al-muʕallama
nominative	مُعَلَّمٌ muʕallamun	الْمُعَلَّمُ al-muʕallamu	مُعَلَّمَةٌ muʕallamatun	الْمُعَلَّمَةُ al-muʕallamatu
accusative	مُعَلَّمًا muʕallaman	الْمُعَلَّمَ al-muʕallama	مُعَلَّمَةً muʕallamatan	الْمُعَلَّمَةَ al-muʕallamata
genitive	مُعَلَّمٍ muʕallamin	الْمُعَلَّمِ al-muʕallami	مُعَلَّمَةٍ muʕallamatin	الْمُعَلَّمَةِ al-muʕallamati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُعَلَّمَيْن muʕallamayn	الْمُعَلَّمَيْن al-muʕallamayn	مُعَلَّمَتَيْن muʕallamatayn	الْمُعَلَّمَتَيْن al-muʕallamatayn
nominative	مُعَلَّمَانِ muʕallamāni	الْمُعَلَّمَانِ al-muʕallamāni	مُعَلَّمَتَانِ muʕallamatāni	الْمُعَلَّمَتَانِ al-muʕallamatāni
accusative	مُعَلَّمَيْنِ muʕallamayni	الْمُعَلَّمَيْنِ al-muʕallamayni	مُعَلَّمَتَيْنِ muʕallamatayni	الْمُعَلَّمَتَيْنِ al-muʕallamatayni
genitive	مُعَلَّمَيْنِ muʕallamayni	الْمُعَلَّمَيْنِ al-muʕallamayni	مُعَلَّمَتَيْنِ muʕallamatayni	الْمُعَلَّمَتَيْنِ al-muʕallamatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُعَلَّمِين muʕallamīn	الْمُعَلَّمِين al-muʕallamīn	مُعَلَّمَات muʕallamāt	الْمُعَلَّمَات al-muʕallamāt
nominative	مُعَلَّمُونَ muʕallamūna	الْمُعَلَّمُونَ al-muʕallamūna	مُعَلَّمَاتٌ muʕallamātun	الْمُعَلَّمَاتُ al-muʕallamātu
accusative	مُعَلَّمِينَ muʕallamīna	الْمُعَلَّمِينَ al-muʕallamīna	مُعَلَّمَاتٍ muʕallamātin	الْمُعَلَّمَاتِ al-muʕallamāti
genitive	مُعَلَّمِينَ muʕallamīna	الْمُعَلَّمِينَ al-muʕallamīna	مُعَلَّمَاتٍ muʕallamātin	الْمُعَلَّمَاتِ al-muʕallamāti

Etymology 2

Root
ع ل م (ʕ l m)
28 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕal.lim/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

مُعَلِّم • (muʕallim) m (plural مُعَلِّمُون (muʕallimūn), feminine مُعَلِّمَة (muʕallima))

1. teacher, instructor, schoolteacher, tutor, schoolmaster, pedagogue, educator
2. master of a trade
3. navigator, a kind of compliance officer on a ship, who checks that the technical stuff is in order on the vessel

Declension

Declension of noun مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُعَلِّم muʕallim	الْمُعَلِّم al-muʕallim	مُعَلِّم muʕallim	مُعَلِّمَة muʕallima	الْمُعَلِّمَة al-muʕallima	مُعَلِّمَة muʕallimat
nominative	مُعَلِّمٌ muʕallimun	الْمُعَلِّمُ al-muʕallimu	مُعَلِّمُ muʕallimu	مُعَلِّمَةٌ muʕallimatun	الْمُعَلِّمَةُ al-muʕallimatu	مُعَلِّمَةُ muʕallimatu
accusative	مُعَلِّمًا muʕalliman	الْمُعَلِّمَ al-muʕallima	مُعَلِّمَ muʕallima	مُعَلِّمَةً muʕallimatan	الْمُعَلِّمَةَ al-muʕallimata	مُعَلِّمَةَ muʕallimata
genitive	مُعَلِّمٍ muʕallimin	الْمُعَلِّمِ al-muʕallimi	مُعَلِّمِ muʕallimi	مُعَلِّمَةٍ muʕallimatin	الْمُعَلِّمَةِ al-muʕallimati	مُعَلِّمَةِ muʕallimati
dual	masculine			feminine
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُعَلِّمَيْن muʕallimayn	الْمُعَلِّمَيْن al-muʕallimayn	مُعَلِّمَيْ muʕallimay	مُعَلِّمَتَيْن muʕallimatayn	الْمُعَلِّمَتَيْن al-muʕallimatayn	مُعَلِّمَتَيْ muʕallimatay
nominative	مُعَلِّمَانِ muʕallimāni	الْمُعَلِّمَانِ al-muʕallimāni	مُعَلِّمَا muʕallimā	مُعَلِّمَتَانِ muʕallimatāni	الْمُعَلِّمَتَانِ al-muʕallimatāni	مُعَلِّمَتَا muʕallimatā
accusative	مُعَلِّمَيْنِ muʕallimayni	الْمُعَلِّمَيْنِ al-muʕallimayni	مُعَلِّمَيْ muʕallimay	مُعَلِّمَتَيْنِ muʕallimatayni	الْمُعَلِّمَتَيْنِ al-muʕallimatayni	مُعَلِّمَتَيْ muʕallimatay
genitive	مُعَلِّمَيْنِ muʕallimayni	الْمُعَلِّمَيْنِ al-muʕallimayni	مُعَلِّمَيْ muʕallimay	مُعَلِّمَتَيْنِ muʕallimatayni	الْمُعَلِّمَتَيْنِ al-muʕallimatayni	مُعَلِّمَتَيْ muʕallimatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُعَلِّمِين muʕallimīn	الْمُعَلِّمِين al-muʕallimīn	مُعَلِّمِي muʕallimī	مُعَلِّمَات muʕallimāt	الْمُعَلِّمَات al-muʕallimāt	مُعَلِّمَات muʕallimāt
nominative	مُعَلِّمُونَ muʕallimūna	الْمُعَلِّمُونَ al-muʕallimūna	مُعَلِّمُو muʕallimū	مُعَلِّمَاتٌ muʕallimātun	الْمُعَلِّمَاتُ al-muʕallimātu	مُعَلِّمَاتُ muʕallimātu
accusative	مُعَلِّمِينَ muʕallimīna	الْمُعَلِّمِينَ al-muʕallimīna	مُعَلِّمِي muʕallimī	مُعَلِّمَاتٍ muʕallimātin	الْمُعَلِّمَاتِ al-muʕallimāti	مُعَلِّمَاتِ muʕallimāti
genitive	مُعَلِّمِينَ muʕallimīna	الْمُعَلِّمِينَ al-muʕallimīna	مُعَلِّمِي muʕallimī	مُعَلِّمَاتٍ muʕallimātin	الْمُعَلِّمَاتِ al-muʕallimāti	مُعَلِّمَاتِ muʕallimāti

Descendants

• Maltese: mgħallem
• → Afar: maqallím, muqallím
• → Azerbaijani: müəllim
• → Bengali: মুয়াল্লিম (muallim)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुअल्लिम (muallim)

  Urdu: معلم (mu'allim)

• → Kanuri: málə̀m
  • → Hausa: mālàmī
• → Lishana Deni: מעלם (maʕalləm, “teacher, rabbi, ritual slaughterer”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: معلم (muallim)
  • → Turkish: muallim
• → Nogai: мугалим (mugalim)
• → Persian: معلم (mo'allem)
• → Swahili: mwalimu
• → Turkmen: mugallym
• → Tatar: мөгаллим (mögallim)
• → Uyghur: مۇئەللىم (mu'ellim)
• → Uzbek: muallim

Etymology 3

Root
ع ل م (ʕ l m)
28 terms

Noun of place from the verb عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know, to perceive, to distinguish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.lam/

Noun

مَعْلَم • (maʕlam) m (plural مَعَالِم (maʕālim))

1. landmark, milestone, milepost
2. road sign, signpost, guidepost
3. place, abode, locality, spot
4. track, trace
5. peculiarity
6. (in the plural) sights, curiosities
7. (in the plural) traits
8. (in the plural) outlines, contours

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْلَم (maʕlam)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْلَم maʕlam	الْمَعْلَم al-maʕlam	مَعْلَم maʕlam
nominative	مَعْلَمٌ maʕlamun	الْمَعْلَمُ al-maʕlamu	مَعْلَمُ maʕlamu
accusative	مَعْلَمًا maʕlaman	الْمَعْلَمَ al-maʕlama	مَعْلَمَ maʕlama
genitive	مَعْلَمٍ maʕlamin	الْمَعْلَمِ al-maʕlami	مَعْلَمِ maʕlami
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعْلَمَيْن maʕlamayn	الْمَعْلَمَيْن al-maʕlamayn	مَعْلَمَيْ maʕlamay
nominative	مَعْلَمَانِ maʕlamāni	الْمَعْلَمَانِ al-maʕlamāni	مَعْلَمَا maʕlamā
accusative	مَعْلَمَيْنِ maʕlamayni	الْمَعْلَمَيْنِ al-maʕlamayni	مَعْلَمَيْ maʕlamay
genitive	مَعْلَمَيْنِ maʕlamayni	الْمَعْلَمَيْنِ al-maʕlamayni	مَعْلَمَيْ maʕlamay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَعَالِم maʕālim	الْمَعَالِم al-maʕālim	مَعَالِم maʕālim
nominative	مَعَالِمُ maʕālimu	الْمَعَالِمُ al-maʕālimu	مَعَالِمُ maʕālimu
accusative	مَعَالِمَ maʕālima	الْمَعَالِمَ al-maʕālima	مَعَالِمَ maʕālima
genitive	مَعَالِمَ maʕālima	الْمَعَالِمِ al-maʕālimi	مَعَالِمِ maʕālimi

Etymology 4

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama, “to inform”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʕ.lim/

Noun

مُعْلِم • (muʕlim) m

1. bearer of news, notifier, informer, informant
2. tattletale, snitch

Declension

Declension of noun مُعْلِم (muʕlim)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُعْلِم muʕlim	الْمُعْلِم al-muʕlim	مُعْلِم muʕlim
nominative	مُعْلِمٌ muʕlimun	الْمُعْلِمُ al-muʕlimu	مُعْلِمُ muʕlimu
accusative	مُعْلِمًا muʕliman	الْمُعْلِمَ al-muʕlima	مُعْلِمَ muʕlima
genitive	مُعْلِمٍ muʕlimin	الْمُعْلِمِ al-muʕlimi	مُعْلِمِ muʕlimi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “علم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ʔal.ˈlim/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ʔäl.lɪm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ʔäl.lɪm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːl.lɪm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wäl.lim]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ʔæl.lem]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ʔäl.lim]

Readings
Classical reading?	mu'allim
Dari reading?	mo'allim
Iranian reading?	mo'allem
Tajik reading?	mü'allim

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Noun

Dari	معلم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муаллим

معلم • (mu'allim / mo'allem) (plural معلمان, or معلم‌ها, or معلمون)

1. teacher

   Synonyms: آموزگار (âmuzgâr), استاد (ostâd), دبیر (dabir)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلَّم (muʕallam).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ʔal.ˈlam/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ʔäl.läm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ʔäl.läm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːl.läm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wäl.läm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ʔæl.læm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ʔäl.läm]

Readings
Classical reading?	mu'allam
Dari reading?	mo'allam
Iranian reading?	mo'allam
Tajik reading?	mü'allam

Adjective

معلم • (mu'allam / mo'allam)

1. (rare) taught, instructed, trained

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل م
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʕal.lem/, [ˈmʕal.lem]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

معلّم • (mʕallem) m (plural معلمين (mʕallmīn), feminine معلمة (mʕallme))

1. teacher

   Synonym: أستاذ (ʔustāz)

2. master of a trade

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَلِّم (mu'allim), borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim), from عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.(ʔ)əl.lɪm/

Noun

مُعَلِّم • (mu'allim) m (Hindi spelling मुअल्लिम)

1. teacher
2. tutor
3. instructor

Related terms

• مُعَلِّمَہ (mu'allima)
• مُعَلِّمی (mu'allimī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَلَّم (mu'allam), borrowed from Arabic مُعَلَّم (muʕallam), from عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.(ʔ)əl.ləm/

Noun

مُعَلَّم • (mu'allam) m (Hindi spelling मुअल्लम)

1. student
2. pupil