عالم

`ālam (v.n. fr. علم 'to know'), s.m. The world, the universe; men, people, creatures; regions; kingdom (in comp., e.g. 'vegetablekingdom');—age, period, time, season; state, condition, case, circumstances; a state of beauty; a beautiful sight or scene:—`ālam-ārā, adj. World-adorning; world-regulating:—`ālam-afroz, adj. & s.m. World-illumining;—the sun:—`ālam-ě-bālā, s.m. The world above, the heavens, heaven; the inhabitants of the heavens:—`ālam-panāh, s.m. Asylum of the world; a king; your majesty, etc. (=jahānpanāh):—`ālam-tāb, adj. World-inflaming; world-warming; world-illumining:—`ālam-ě-siflī, s.m. The lower world, the earth:—`ālam-ě-ṣūrat, s.m. The visible or external world:—`ālam-ě-ulwī, s.m. The upper world, etc. (=`ālam-ě-bālā):—`ālam-ě-g̠aib, s.m. The invisible world, the world of spirits, the future state, the next world:—`ālam-ě-fānī, s.m. The perishable world, the present world:—`ālamgard, adj. & s.m. World-traversing;—a great traveller:—`ālam-gīr, adj. & s.m. Conquering the universe, world-conquering; worldembracing, world-wide, universal, general;—conqueror of the world; a title of Aurangzeb:—`ālam-ě-mastī, s.m. A state of intoxication, or of lustfulness:—`ālam-ě-ma`nī, s.m. The invisible or spiritual world:—`ālam-naward, adj. & s.m.=`ālam-gard, q.v.