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alim¹

  • /ˈɑːlɪm/

Where it comes from

From Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim), active participle of عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

noun ulama · ulema · alims

  1. An educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class Akram is a working alim, lecturing in mosques and universities and dispensing fatwas on issues like inheritance and divorce.

Alim²

Where it comes from

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Lane (1801–1876), orientalist. Partly from Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim, “scholar, (specifically) expert in Islamic law and theology”), use as noun of the active participle of عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”), and partly from Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim, “knowing, learned, also (as noun) scholar”) from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

proper noun Aleem

  1. A surname from Arabic.

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noun scholar of Islamic law

Españolulema
हिन्दीआलिम ālim
Portuguêsulemá, alim
Русскийали́м alím
العربيةعَالِم ʕālim

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@misc{alim_2026,
  title = {alim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}