Meaning, origin and history of the name Alim

Gender Masculine

Scripts عليم (Arabic) ئالىم (Uyghur Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. /ʕa.ˈliːm/ (Arabic) /ɑː.ˈlim/ (Azerbaijani) /ʔɑ.ˈlim/ (Uyghur) [key ·simplify]

Note In Turkish and Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as ALİM in uppercase and alim in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Means "learned, expert, scholar" in Arabic.

Other Languages & CulturesAlem (Bosnian) Olim (Tajik) Olim (Uzbek)

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