"علم" meaning in Persian

See علم in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ʔilm] [Classical-Persian], [ʔɪlm] [Dari, formal], [ʔɪlm] [Dari, formal], [ʔɪlm] [Kabuli], [ʔilm] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔelm] [Iran, formal], [ʔilm] [Tajik, formal] Forms: عِلْم [canonical], 'elm [romanization], علوم [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|bor|ar>عِلْم>knowledge|id=knowledge|text=++}} Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima). Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|علوم|||||f1tr='olum|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=عِلْم|head2=|head3=|tr='elm|tr2=|tr3=}} عِلْم • ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum)), {{fa-noun|head=عِلْم|pl=علوم|pltr='olum|tr='elm}} عِلْم • ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum))
  1. science (knowledge via the scientific method)
    Sense id: en-علم-fa-noun-h9bHZpDG
  2. knowledge, science Synonyms: دانش
    Sense id: en-علم-fa-noun-mhMc79IQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: شبهعلم (šabe'elmi) (english: pseudoscience), علمی ('elmi) (english: scientific) Related terms: عالم ('âlem) (english: knowledgeable), معلم (mo'allem) (english: teacher)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ʔa.ˈlam] [Classical-Persian], [ʔä.lǽm] [Dari, formal], [ʔä.lǽm] [Dari, formal], [ʔä.lǽm] [Kabuli], [ʔä.lǽm] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔæ.lǽm] [Iran, formal], [ʔä.lǽm] [Tajik, formal] Forms: عَلَم [canonical], 'alam [romanization], علمها [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|bor|ar>عَلَم>banner|id=flag|text=++}} Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam). Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|علمها|||||f1tr='alam-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=عَلَم|head2=|head3=|tr='alam|tr2=|tr3=}} عَلَم • ('alam) (plural علمها ('alam-hâ)), {{fa-noun|head=عَلَم|pl=علمها|tr='alam}} عَلَم • ('alam) (plural علمها ('alam-hâ))
  1. flag
    Sense id: en-علم-fa-noun-gH0PvK58
  2. standard (flag)
    Sense id: en-علم-fa-noun-ASupi5Rc
  3. banner
    Sense id: en-علم-fa-noun-jH7S2b5Z Categories (other): Persian entries with etymology texts, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology texts: 11 9 9 9 62 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 26 6 6 6 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: پرچم (parčam), درفش (derafš), نشان (nešân)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pseudoscience",
      "roman": "šabe'elmi",
      "word": "شبهعلم"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "scientific",
      "roman": "'elmi",
      "word": "علمی"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>عِلْم>knowledge",
        "id": "knowledge",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "عِلْم",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'elm",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "علوم",
      "roman": "'olum",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "علوم",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "'olum",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "عِلْم",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "'elm",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "عِلْم • ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "عِلْم",
        "pl": "علوم",
        "pltr": "'olum",
        "tr": "'elm"
      },
      "expansion": "عِلْم • ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "knowledgeable",
      "roman": "'âlem",
      "word": "عالم"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "teacher",
      "roman": "mo'allem",
      "word": "معلم"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "science (knowledge via the scientific method)"
      ],
      "id": "en-علم-fa-noun-h9bHZpDG",
      "links": [
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And behold within thy heart [all] the sciences of the prophets, without book and without preceptor and master.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3461:",
          "roman": "bini andar del 'olum-e anbiyâ / bi-ketâb o bi-mo'id o ustâ",
          "text": "بینی اندر دل علوم انبیا / بیکتاب و بیمعید و اوستا",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge, science"
      ],
      "id": "en-علم-fa-noun-mhMc79IQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "دانش"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔilm]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪlm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪlm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪlm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔilm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔelm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔilm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "علم"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "અલમ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: અલમ (alam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: અલમ (alam)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>عَلَم>banner",
        "id": "flag",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "عَلَم",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'alam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "علمها",
      "roman": "'alam-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "علمها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "'alam-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "عَلَم",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "'alam",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "عَلَم • ('alam) (plural علمها ('alam-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "عَلَم",
        "pl": "علمها",
        "tr": "'alam"
      },
      "expansion": "عَلَم • ('alam) (plural علمها ('alam-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flag"
      ],
      "id": "en-علم-fa-noun-gH0PvK58",
      "links": [
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "standard (flag)"
      ],
      "id": "en-علم-fa-noun-ASupi5Rc",
      "links": [
        [
          "standard",
          "standard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 9 9 9 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 6 6 6 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "banner"
      ],
      "id": "en-علم-fa-noun-jH7S2b5Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "banner",
          "banner"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔa.ˈlam]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæ.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "parčam",
      "word": "پرچم"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "derafš",
      "word": "درفش"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nešân",
      "word": "نشان"
    }
  ],
  "word": "علم"
}
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    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with etymology texts",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pseudoscience",
      "roman": "šabe'elmi",
      "word": "شبهعلم"
    },
    {
      "english": "scientific",
      "roman": "'elmi",
      "word": "علمی"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>عِلْم>knowledge",
        "id": "knowledge",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "عِلْم",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'elm",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "علوم",
      "roman": "'olum",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "علوم",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "'olum",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "عِلْم",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "'elm",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "عِلْم • ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "عِلْم",
        "pl": "علوم",
        "pltr": "'olum",
        "tr": "'elm"
      },
      "expansion": "عِلْم • ('elm) (plural علوم ('olum))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "knowledgeable",
      "roman": "'âlem",
      "word": "عالم"
    },
    {
      "english": "teacher",
      "roman": "mo'allem",
      "word": "معلم"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "science (knowledge via the scientific method)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And behold within thy heart [all] the sciences of the prophets, without book and without preceptor and master.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3461:",
          "roman": "bini andar del 'olum-e anbiyâ / bi-ketâb o bi-mo'id o ustâ",
          "text": "بینی اندر دل علوم انبیا / بیکتاب و بیمعید و اوستا",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge, science"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "science",
          "science"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "دانش"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔilm]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪlm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪlm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪlm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔilm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔelm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔilm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "علم"
}

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    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with etymology texts",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "અલમ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: અલમ (alam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: અલમ (alam)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>عَلَم>banner",
        "id": "flag",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "عَلَم",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'alam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "علمها",
      "roman": "'alam-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "علمها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "'alam-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "عَلَم",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "'alam",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "عَلَم • ('alam) (plural علمها ('alam-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "عَلَم",
        "pl": "علمها",
        "tr": "'alam"
      },
      "expansion": "عَلَم • ('alam) (plural علمها ('alam-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "standard (flag)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "standard",
          "standard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "banner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "banner",
          "banner"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔa.ˈlam]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæ.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔä.lǽm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "parčam",
      "word": "پرچم"
    },
    {
      "roman": "derafš",
      "word": "درفش"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nešân",
      "word": "نشان"
    }
  ],
  "word": "علم"
}

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