# علامت
## Malay
### Noun

علامت (plural علامت-علامت or علامت۲, informal 1st possessive علامتکو, 2nd possessive علامتمو, 3rd possessive علامتڽ)
* Jawi spelling of alamat‎

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma, “sign, mark, symbol”).

### Noun

علامت • (ʼalamet) (definite accusative علامتی (ʼalameti), plural علامات (ʼalamat))
* sign, symbol, any object or event whose presence indicates the occurance of something else
    Synonyms: اشارت (işaret), نشان (nişan)
* symptom, a perceived change in some function of a person that indicates a disease or disorder
    Synonym: اعراضی (aʼrâzî)
* cipher, device, any emblem or other mark used to distinguish or identify the bearer from others
    Synonym: نشان (nişan)
* miracle, wonder, marvel, prodigy, any event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature
    Synonyms: كرامت (keramet), معجزه (mu’cize)

#### Derived terms

* علامت شریفه (ʼalamet-i şerife, “the cypher of the Sultan”)
* علامت فارقه (ʼalamet-i farika, “distinctive sign”)
* فابریقه علامتی (fabrika ʼalameti, “trademark”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: alamet
* → Albanian: alamet

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “alamet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 191
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “alâmet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 32
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “علامت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 856
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Signum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1554
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علامت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3310
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alamet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “علامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1315

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔa.lɑː.ˈmat]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔä.lɑː.mǽt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔä.lɔː.mǽt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæ.lɒː.mǽt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔä.lɔ.mǽt̪]

### Noun

| Dari | علامت |
| Iranian Persian | علامت |
| Tajik | аломат |
علامت • (alāmat / alâmat) (plural علائم or علامت‌ها)
* sign, mark
    Synonym: نشانه (nišāna / nešâne)
* symbol
* token
* signal
* symptom

#### Derived terms

* علامت تعجیب (alāmat-i ta'jīb / alâmat-e ta'jib)
* علامت جمع (alāmat-i jam' / alâmat-e jam')
* علامت زدن (alāmat zadan / alâmat zadan)
* علامت مساوی (alāmat-i musāwī / alâmat-e mosâvi)
* علامت منها (alāmat-i minhā / alâmat-e menhâ)
* علامت‌دار (alāmat-dār / alâmat-dâr)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat), borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi علامت ('lamt /⁠'alāmat⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /(ʔ)ə.lɑː.mət̪/
** (colloquial) IPA: [ɪ.lɑː.mət̪]
* Rhymes: -ət̪
* Hyphenation: عَ‧لَا‧مَت

### Noun

عَلَامَت • ('alāmat) f (formal plural عَلَامَات ('alāmāt), Hindi spelling अलामत)
* sign
* indication (in literature, figuratively etc.)
* (medicine) symptom (of an illness)
* symbol; mark
* (grammar) diacritical mark
    Synonyms: حَرْکَت (harkat), اِعْرَاب (i'rāb)
* badge, emblem, coat of arms
* (graphical user interface) icon (in computing etc.)

#### Declension

Declension of علامت :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | عَلَامَت ('alāmat) | عَلَامَتیں ('alāmatẽ) |
| oblique | عَلَامَت ('alāmat) | عَلَامَتوں ('alāmatõ) |
| vocative | عَلَامَت ('alāmat) | عَلَامَتو ('alāmato) |

### References

* ↑ Platts, John T. (1884) “علامت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* ↑ S. W. Fallon (1879) “علامت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* ↑ “علامت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

### Further reading

* “علامت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “علامت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]