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 (mäğlümät)
• → 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 quote)

Descendants

• Turkish: malumat

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل م‎

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)