علما

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ).

Noun

علما • (ulemâ)

1. plural of عالم (âlim)

Descendants

• Turkish: ulema
• → Dutch: oelema
• → English: ulema
• → French: ouléma
• → German: Ulema
• → Greek: ουλεμάς (oulemás)
• → Polish: ulem
• → Portuguese: ulemá
• → Romanian: ulema
• → Russian: уле́м (ulém)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔu.la.ˈmaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.lä.mɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.lä.mɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.lä.mɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.lä.mɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo.læ.mɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔu.lä.mɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	ulamā
Dari reading?	ulamā
Iranian reading?	olamâ
Tajik reading?	ulamo

Noun

علما • (ulamā / olamâ)

1. unhamzated form of علماء (ulamā' / olamâ'), plural of عالم (ālim / âlem)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُلَمَاء (ulamā'), borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), from عَالِم (ʕālim), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.lə.mɑː/

Noun

علما • (ulamā)

1. plural of عالم (ālim)