Definition
Plural of alim; Islamic scholars or learned religious teachers, particularly in Muslim traditions.
Etymology
From Arabic 'ālim (scholar, learned person), plural 'ulamā'; borrowed into English through Islamic scholarly traditions. The root relates to 'ilm meaning knowledge.
Kelly Says
The awalim were the intellectual backbone of Islamic civilization—these scholars preserved Greek science, advanced mathematics, and philosophy when much of Europe was in the medieval period.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መጀመሪያ
me-je-me-ri-ya
CSČeština
začátek
zah-cheh-tek
DEDeutsch
Anfang
ahn-fang
ESEspañol
principio
ah-vee-lee-moh
HIहिन्दी
शुरुआत
shuru-aat
IDBahasa Indonesia
awal
ah-wal
IGIG
ihe nile
ee-he nee-leh
ITItaliano
inizio
in-zee-oh
KMKM
ចាប់ផ្ដើម
chab-pht-dhm
MSBahasa Melayu
mula
moo-la
NLNederlands
begin
be-gin
PLPolski
początek
po-cha-tek
PTPortuguês
início
in-i-thee-oh
RORomână
început
in-tse-put
RUРусский
начало
na-cha-lo
SVSvenska
början
boor-yan
SWKiswahili
mwanzo
mwan-zo
TAதமிழ்
ஆரம்பம்
aaram-bam
TEతెలుగు
ప్రారంభం
praarambham
THไทย
จุดเริ่มต้น
joot remt ton
TRTürkçe
başlangıç
bah-shlan-jich
UKУкраїнська
початок
po-chatok
VITiếng Việt
bắt đầu
bat dau