अलम्

See also: अलम and आलम

Hindi

Alternative forms

अलं (alam)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अलम् (álam).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.ləm/, [ɐ.lɐ̃m]

Adverb

अलम् • (alam) (Urdu spelling الم) (rare, formal)

enough, sufficient, adequate, equal to
ornamentally, decoratively (as in अलंकार (alaṅkār))

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अलम्”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलम्”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “अलम्”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অলম্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬮᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
অলম্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰩𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀮𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အလမ် (Burmese script)
અલમ્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਲਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌲𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦭꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂪𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಲಮ್ (Kannada script)
អលម៑ (Khmer script)
ອລມ຺ (Lao script)
അലമ് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠯᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘩𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᠯᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧉𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐮𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅଲମ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢭꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆬𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖩𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
අලම් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩽𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚥𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
அலம் (Tamil script)
అలమ్ (Telugu script)
อลมฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ལ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒪𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨬𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A later form of अरम् (áram), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ór-o-m, from *h₂er-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.lɐm/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.l̪ɐm/

Adverb

अलम् • (álam)

enough, sufficient, adequate, equal to, competent, able
readily, fitly, suitably, so as to answer a purpose
enough, sufficiently
decoratively, ornamentally

Derived terms

अलंकरण (alaṃkaraṇa)
अलंकरणिन् (alaṃkaraṇin)
अलंकर्तृ (alaṃkartṛ)
अलंकार (alaṃkāra)
अलंकृ (alaṃkṛ)
अलंकृत (alaṃkṛta)
अलंजीविक (alaṃjīvika)
अलंधन (alaṃdhana)
अलंधूम (alaṃdhūma)

Descendants

→ Hindustani: (learned)
Hindi: अलम् (alam), अलं (alam)

Urdu: الم

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अलम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 94.

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