# معلم
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.ʕal.lam/

#### Adjective

مُعَلَّم • (muʕallam) (feminine مُعَلَّمَة (muʕallama), masculine plural مُعَلَّمُونَ (muʕallamūna), feminine plural مُعَلَّمَات (muʕallamāt))
* taught, schooled, instructed, educated, trained
* marked, labeled, represented

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.ʕal.lim/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

مُعَلِّم • (muʕallim) m (plural مُعَلِّمُون (muʕallimūn), feminine مُعَلِّمَة (muʕallima))
* teacher, instructor, schoolteacher, tutor, schoolmaster, pedagogue, educator
* master of a trade
* navigator, a kind of compliance officer on a ship, who checks that the technical stuff is in order on the vessel

##### Descendants

* Maltese: mgħallem
* → Afar: maqallím, muqallím
* → Azerbaijani: müəllim
* → Bengali: মুয়াল্লিম (muallim)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुअल्लिम (muallim)
    Urdu: معلم (mu'allim)
* → Kanuri: málə̀m
** → Hausa: mālàmī
* → Lishana Deni: מעלם (maʕalləm, “teacher, rabbi, ritual slaughterer”)
* → Ottoman Turkish: معلم (muallim)
** → Turkish: muallim
* → Nogai: мугалим (mugalim)
* → Persian: معلم (mo'allem)
* → Swahili: mwalimu
* → Turkmen: mugallym
* → Tatar: мөгаллим (mögallim)
* → Uyghur: مۇئەللىم (mu'ellim)
* → Uzbek: muallim

### Etymology 3

Noun of place from the verb عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know, to perceive, to distinguish”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʕ.lam/

#### Noun

مَعْلَم • (maʕlam) m (plural مَعَالِم (maʕālim))
* landmark, milestone, milepost
* road sign, signpost, guidepost
* place, abode, locality, spot
* track, trace
* peculiarity
* (in the plural) sights, curiosities
* (in the plural) traits
* (in the plural) outlines, contours

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama, “to inform”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muʕ.lim/

#### Noun

مُعْلِم • (muʕlim) m
* bearer of news, notifier, informer, informant
* tattletale, snitch

##### Declension
### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “علم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.ʔal.lim]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mo̞.ʔäl.lɪm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mo̞.ʔäl.lɪm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mɑːl.lɪm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.wäl.lim]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.ʔæl.lem]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.ʔäl.lim]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

#### Noun

معلم • (mu'allim / mo'allem) (plural معلمان or معلم‌ها or معلمون)
* teacher
    Synonyms: آموزگار (âmuzgâr), استاد (ostâd), دبیر (dabir)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلَّم (muʕallam).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.ʔal.lam]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mo̞.ʔäl.läm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mo̞.ʔäl.läm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mɑːl.läm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.wäl.läm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.ʔæl.læm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.ʔäl.läm]

#### Adjective

معلم • (mu'allam / mo'allam)
* (rare) taught, instructed, trained

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʕal.lem/, [ˈmʕal.lem]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

معلّم • (mʕallem) m (plural معلمين (mʕallmīn), feminine معلمة (mʕallme))
* teacher
    Synonym: أستاذ (ʔustāz)
* master of a trade

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَلِّم (mu'allim), borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim), from عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mʊ.(ʔ)əl.lɪm/

#### Noun

مُعَلِّم • (mu'allim) m (Hindi spelling मुअल्लिम)
* teacher
* tutor
* instructor

##### Related terms

* مُعَلِّمَہ (mu'allima)
* مُعَلِّمی (mu'allimī)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَلَّم (mu'allam), borrowed from Arabic مُعَلَّم (muʕallam), from عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mʊ.(ʔ)əl.ləm/

#### Noun

مُعَلَّم • (mu'allam) m (Hindi spelling मुअल्लम)
* student
* pupil