معلوم

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”), verb form I from the root ع ل م (ʕ-l-m): literally, “known”. The word is used to describe the active voice because the agent of the verb is mentioned and is therefore known. In the passive, on the other hand, the agent is usually not mentioned and is therefore unknown (مَجْهُول (majhūl)).

Adjective

مَعْلُوم • (maʕlūm) (feminine مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma), masculine plural مَعْلُومُونَ (maʕlūmūna), feminine plural مَعْلُومَات (maʕlūmāt))

  1. known
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:197:
      الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَاتٌ
      al-ḥajju ʔašhurun mmaʕlūmātun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. clear, evident, certain
  3. of course, yes (in answering)
  4. noteworthy, celebrated, distinguished
  5. (mathematics) given (mathematical quantity)

Declension
Declension of adjective مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَعْلُوم
maʕlūm		 الْمَعْلُوم
al-maʕlūm		 مَعْلُومَة
maʕlūma		 الْمَعْلُومَة
al-maʕlūma
Nominative مَعْلُومٌ
maʕlūmun		 الْمَعْلُومُ
al-maʕlūmu		 مَعْلُومَةٌ
maʕlūmatun		 الْمَعْلُومَةُ
al-maʕlūmatu
Accusative مَعْلُومًا
maʕlūman		 الْمَعْلُومَ
al-maʕlūma		 مَعْلُومَةً
maʕlūmatan		 الْمَعْلُومَةَ
al-maʕlūmata
Genitive مَعْلُومٍ
maʕlūmin		 الْمَعْلُومِ
al-maʕlūmi		 مَعْلُومَةٍ
maʕlūmatin		 الْمَعْلُومَةِ
al-maʕlūmati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَعْلُومَيْن
maʕlūmayn		 الْمَعْلُومَيْن
al-maʕlūmayn		 مَعْلُومَتَيْن
maʕlūmatayn		 الْمَعْلُومَتَيْن
al-maʕlūmatayn
Nominative مَعْلُومَانِ
maʕlūmāni		 الْمَعْلُومَانِ
al-maʕlūmāni		 مَعْلُومَتَانِ
maʕlūmatāni		 الْمَعْلُومَتَانِ
al-maʕlūmatāni
Accusative مَعْلُومَيْنِ
maʕlūmayni		 الْمَعْلُومَيْنِ
al-maʕlūmayni		 مَعْلُومَتَيْنِ
maʕlūmatayni		 الْمَعْلُومَتَيْنِ
al-maʕlūmatayni
Genitive مَعْلُومَيْنِ
maʕlūmayni		 الْمَعْلُومَيْنِ
al-maʕlūmayni		 مَعْلُومَتَيْنِ
maʕlūmatayni		 الْمَعْلُومَتَيْنِ
al-maʕlūmatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مَعْلُومِين
maʕlūmīn		 الْمَعْلُومِين
al-maʕlūmīn		 مَعْلُومَات
maʕlūmāt		 الْمَعْلُومَات
al-maʕlūmāt
Nominative مَعْلُومُونَ
maʕlūmūna		 الْمَعْلُومُونَ
al-maʕlūmūna		 مَعْلُومَاتٌ
maʕlūmātun		 الْمَعْلُومَاتُ
al-maʕlūmātu
Accusative مَعْلُومِينَ
maʕlūmīna		 الْمَعْلُومِينَ
al-maʕlūmīna		 مَعْلُومَاتٍ
maʕlūmātin		 الْمَعْلُومَاتِ
al-maʕlūmāti
Genitive مَعْلُومِينَ
maʕlūmīna		 الْمَعْلُومِينَ
al-maʕlūmīna		 مَعْلُومَاتٍ
maʕlūmātin		 الْمَعْلُومَاتِ
al-maʕlūmāti

Descendants
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܥܠܘܼܡ (maʕlūm)
  • → Azerbaijani: məlum
  • → Hindi: मालूम (mālūm)
  • → Kazakh: мәлім (mälım), мағлұм (mağlūm)
  • → Malay: maklum
  • → Persian: معلوم (ma'lum)
  • → Swahili: maalum
  • → Turkish: malum
  • → Urdu: معلوم (maʻlūm)
  • → Uyghur: مەلۇم (melum)
  • → Uzbek: maʼlum

Noun

مَعْلُوم • (maʕlūm) m

  1. (grammar) active voice

Declension
Declension of noun مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَعْلُوم
maʕlūm		 الْمَعْلُوم
al-maʕlūm		 مَعْلُوم
maʕlūm
Nominative مَعْلُومٌ
maʕlūmun		 الْمَعْلُومُ
al-maʕlūmu		 مَعْلُومُ
maʕlūmu
Accusative مَعْلُومًا
maʕlūman		 الْمَعْلُومَ
al-maʕlūma		 مَعْلُومَ
maʕlūma
Genitive مَعْلُومٍ
maʕlūmin		 الْمَعْلُومِ
al-maʕlūmi		 مَعْلُومِ
maʕlūmi

References

Noun

مَعْلُوم • (maʕlūm) m (plural مَعَالِيم (maʕālīm))

  1. income, salary, pension
  2. tax
  3. cost, amount

Declension
Declension of noun مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَعْلُوم
maʕlūm		 الْمَعْلُوم
al-maʕlūm		 مَعْلُوم
maʕlūm
Nominative مَعْلُومٌ
maʕlūmun		 الْمَعْلُومُ
al-maʕlūmu		 مَعْلُومُ
maʕlūmu
Accusative مَعْلُومًا
maʕlūman		 الْمَعْلُومَ
al-maʕlūma		 مَعْلُومَ
maʕlūma
Genitive مَعْلُومٍ
maʕlūmin		 الْمَعْلُومِ
al-maʕlūmi		 مَعْلُومِ
maʕlūmi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَعْلُومَيْن
maʕlūmayn		 الْمَعْلُومَيْن
al-maʕlūmayn		 مَعْلُومَيْ
maʕlūmay
Nominative مَعْلُومَانِ
maʕlūmāni		 الْمَعْلُومَانِ
al-maʕlūmāni		 مَعْلُومَا
maʕlūmā
Accusative مَعْلُومَيْنِ
maʕlūmayni		 الْمَعْلُومَيْنِ
al-maʕlūmayni		 مَعْلُومَيْ
maʕlūmay
Genitive مَعْلُومَيْنِ
maʕlūmayni		 الْمَعْلُومَيْنِ
al-maʕlūmayni		 مَعْلُومَيْ
maʕlūmay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَعَالِيم
maʕālīm		 الْمَعَالِيم
al-maʕālīm		 مَعَالِيم
maʕālīm
Nominative مَعَالِيمُ
maʕālīmu		 الْمَعَالِيمُ
al-maʕālīmu		 مَعَالِيمُ
maʕālīmu
Accusative مَعَالِيمَ
maʕālīma		 الْمَعَالِيمَ
al-maʕālīma		 مَعَالِيمَ
maʕālīma
Genitive مَعَالِيمَ
maʕālīma		 الْمَعَالِيمِ
al-maʕālīmi		 مَعَالِيمِ
maʕālīmi

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معلوم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “معلوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay

Verb

معلوم

  1. Jawi spelling of maklum

Adjective

معلوم

  1. Jawi spelling of maklum

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.lúːm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.lúːm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.lúm]

Readings
Classical reading? ma'lūm
Dari reading? ma'lūm
Iranian reading? ma'lum
Tajik reading? maʾlum

Adjective
Dari معلوم
Iranian Persian
Tajik маълум

معلوم • (ma'lum)

  1. (grammar) active
  2. known
  3. distinguished

Antonyms

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ع ل م
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʕ.luːm/, [maʕˈluːm]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Adjective

معلوم • (maʕlūm) (feminine معلومة (maʕlūme))

  1. known, obvious
  2. of course, yes (in answering)

See also

Interjection

معلوم • (maʕlūm)

  1. of course!, naturally!
    Synonyms: طبعا (ṭabʕan), بالطبع (biṭ-ṭabʕ)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm) (through Classical Persian معلوم (ma'lūm)), from عَلِمَ (ʕalima).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʕ.luːm/, [mɑː.luːm]
  • Rhymes: -uːm
  • Hyphenation: مَعْ‧لُوم

Adjective

مَعْلُوم • (ma'lūm) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मालूम)

  1. known
    Synonym: پتا (patā)
    معلوم نہیں ― mālūm nahī̃ ― (I) don't know
  2. evident, clear; obvious

References
  • “معلوم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “معلوم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “معلوم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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