"Adlam" meaning in English

See Adlam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology templates: {{wp|Adlam (name)}} Head templates: {{en-prop}} Adlam
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Adlam-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Derived from the first four letters of the alphabet (A, D, L, M), from Fula Alkule Dandaydhe Leñol Mulugol. Etymology templates: {{wp|Adlam script}}, {{der|en|ff|Alkule Dandaydhe Leñol Mulugol}} Fula Alkule Dandaydhe Leñol Mulugol Head templates: {{en-prop}} Adlam
  1. A script used to write Fulani.
    Sense id: en-Adlam-en-name-ilJ6gjV8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Writing systems Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Writing systems: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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