अलम्

See also: अलम and आलम

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अलं (alam)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अलम् (álam).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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

1. enough, sufficient, adequate, equal to
2. 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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.l̪ɐm/

Adverb

अलम् • (álam)

1. enough, sufficient, adequate, equal to, competent, able
2. readily, fitly, suitably, so as to answer a purpose
3. enough, sufficiently
4. 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.