مۇئەللىم

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Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic مۇئەللىم
Latin mu'ellim
Cyrillic муәллим

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

Noun

مۇئەللىم (mu'ellim) (plural مۇئەللىملەر (mu'ellimler))

  1. teacher
    ئايگۈل مۇئەللىم، ياخشىمۇسىز!aygül mu'ellim, yaxshimusiz!Mrs. Aygül, hello!
    Synonyms: مۇئەللىمە (mu'ellime), ئوقۇتقۇچى (oqutquchi)

Usage notes

There are three ways to refer to teachers in Uyghur:

  1. مۇئەللىم (mu'ellim) can be used for both male and female teachers. This can be used both indirectly and directly.
  2. مۇئەللىمە (mu'ellime) can only used for female teachers, and it is not commonly used.
  3. ئوقۇتقۇچى (oqutquchi). This can only be used to refer to teachers indirectly, but not directly to them.