alem

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

alem m

1. world
2. mankind

• “alem”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “alem”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

From Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

alem

1. world, universe
2. society, people
3. crescent on the mosque
4. coat of arms

• “alem”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaləm/ [ˈa.ləm]
• Rhymes: -aləm
• Syllabification: a‧lem

alem

1. spoil

• “alem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Akin to Malay malam and Tetum kalan.

alem

1. night

alem

1. inflection of alar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

alem (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of além.

alem m (plural alens)

1. Obsolete spelling of além.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اعلم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

alem n (uncountable)

1. Ottoman flag

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀəm.

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈləm/, [a.ˈləm]

alem

1. pangolin

It may be connected with Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”), or come from Old French alemande.^[1] Alternatively from Ottoman Turkish, from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam, “sign, token; symbol; banner”).

• IPA^(key): /ǎlem/
• Hyphenation: a‧lem

àlem m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лем)

1. (regional) jewel, gem

• alem-kamen

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عالم (alem), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

• IPA^(key): /ǎːlem/
• Hyphenation: a‧lem

álem m (Cyrillic spelling а́лем)

1. world

• “alem”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From Ottoman Turkish علم (alem), from Arabic عَلَم (ʕalam).

• IPA^(key): [aˈlæm]
• Hyphenation: a‧lem

alem (definite accusative alemi, plural alemler)

1. banner
2. flag
3. The crescent made out of bronze or copper placed at the peak of minarets and flags.

Inflection
Nominative	alem
Definite accusative	alemi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alem	alemler
Definite accusative	alemi	alemleri
Dative	aleme	alemlere
Locative	alemde	alemlerde
Ablative	alemden	alemlerden
Genitive	alemin	alemlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular alemim alemlerim 2nd singular alemin alemlerin 3rd singular alemi alemleri 1st plural alemimiz alemlerimiz 2nd plural aleminiz alemleriniz 3rd plural alemleri alemleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular alemimi alemlerimi 2nd singular alemini alemlerini 3rd singular alemini alemlerini 1st plural alemimizi alemlerimizi 2nd plural aleminizi alemlerinizi 3rd plural alemlerini alemlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular alemime alemlerime 2nd singular alemine alemlerine 3rd singular alemine alemlerine 1st plural alemimize alemlerimize 2nd plural aleminize alemlerinize 3rd plural alemlerine alemlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular alemimde alemlerimde 2nd singular aleminde alemlerinde 3rd singular aleminde alemlerinde 1st plural alemimizde alemlerimizde 2nd plural aleminizde alemlerinizde 3rd plural alemlerinde alemlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular alemimden alemlerimden 2nd singular aleminden alemlerinden 3rd singular aleminden alemlerinden 1st plural alemimizden alemlerimizden 2nd plural aleminizden alemlerinizden 3rd plural alemlerinden alemlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular alemimin alemlerimin 2nd singular aleminin alemlerinin 3rd singular aleminin alemlerinin 1st plural alemimizin alemlerimizin 2nd plural aleminizin alemlerinizin 3rd plural alemlerinin alemlerinin

• “alem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu