علم

’alam (v.n. fr. علم 'to know,' etc.), s.m. A mark, sign, token, etc. (=‘alāmat, q.v.); figured, or embroidered, work (on a cloth or garment); a decoration;—a spear; a flag (or strip of cloth, that is tied upon the spear); a banner, standard; the spear-headed hanner of Ḥasan and Ḥusain (that is carried in procession at the Moḥarram festival);—(in Gram.) a proper name or noun:—(in Geom.) a gnomon:—’alam-bardār, or ’alam-dār, s.m. A standard-bearer.