إعلام

See also: أعلام and اعلام

Arabic

Root
ع ل م (ʕ-l-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiʕ.laːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

إِعْلَام • (ʔiʕlām) m

1. verbal noun of أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama) (form IV)
2. instruction
3. information
4. communication
5. placard
6. media (ellipsis of وَسَائِل الْإِعْلَام (wasāʔil al-ʔiʕlām).)

Declension

Declension of noun إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِعْلَام ʔiʕlām	الْإِعْلَام al-ʔiʕlām	إِعْلَام ʔiʕlām
Nominative	إِعْلَامٌ ʔiʕlāmun	الْإِعْلَامُ al-ʔiʕlāmu	إِعْلَامُ ʔiʕlāmu
Accusative	إِعْلَامًا ʔiʕlāman	الْإِعْلَامَ al-ʔiʕlāma	إِعْلَامَ ʔiʕlāma
Genitive	إِعْلَامٍ ʔiʕlāmin	الْإِعْلَامِ al-ʔiʕlāmi	إِعْلَامِ ʔiʕlāmi

Descendants

• → Portuguese: leilão, leilaõ, leilam, leylão, leylaõ, leylam
  • → Bengali: নিলাম (nilam)
  • → Gujarati: લિલામ (lilām), લિલાઉં (lilāũ); નિલામ (nilām)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: नीलाम (nīlām)

    Urdu: نیلام (nīlām)

    • → Pashto: ليلام
  • → Kannada: ಲಿಲಾವು (lilāvu)
  • → Malay: lelong
    • Indonesian: lelang
    • → Min Nan: 黎壟／黎垄 (lê-lóng)
  • → Marathi: लिलाव (lilāv)
• → Turkmen: yglаm

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “إعلام”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ل م
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiʕ.laːm/, [ʔɪʕˈlæːm]

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Noun

إعلام • (ʔiʕlām) m

1. information

   Synonym: معلومات (maʕlūmāt)

2. notification