English
alim
Alim comes from Arabic عَالِم ‘knowledgeable person, savant’, and goes back to عَلِمَ ‘to know’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentعَلِمَʕalima‘to know’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentعَالِمʕālim‘knowledgeable person, savant’active participle of عَلِمَ
- Englishearliest quotation 2007alim
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentعَلِمَʕalima‘to know’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentعَالِمʕālim‘knowledgeable person, savant’active participle of عَلِمَ
- Englishearliest quotation 2007alim
Earliest quotation: 2007, Carla Power, A Secret History: “Akram is a working alim, lecturing in mosques and…”
Linked words
through Arabic عَلِمَ ‘to know’
Today it means
noun An educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic عَلِمَ / alim