Alam is a masculine name derived from several ancient languages including :

  1. Arabic: عالم (ʿĀlam) meaning "world" or "universe"
  2. Hebrew: cognate word עולם‎ is transcribed as Olam or Ulam, also meaning "World"
  3. Tagalog: Alam means "Knowledge" (Wisdom). adjective maalam, is referred to as the one who is knowledgeable and wise.
  4. Bengali: Alom means "the whole world; world".
  5. Malay: Alam means "Field of interest", "nature", "realm", "world". Use "Ilmu alam" means "Natural Studies" or "Geography".
  6. Hindi: Alam means "the whole world; world".
  7. Urdu: Alam means "the whole world; world".

Use in literature

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Arabic literature and ancient texts use Alam in phrases like "Rab-ul-Alam-een" = "the Lord of all Worlds/Universes" referring to The Absolute and Highest Divinity.

In Hebrew, Olam is used in phrases like "Adon Olam", meaning "Master of the World," one of the names of God in Judaism.

People

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Anzar

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surname عالم ("world")

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  • Intikhab Alam (born 1941), British Indian (Pakistani) cricketer
  • Muhammad Mahmood Alam (1935–2013), Mr M. M. Alam, Pakistani Air Force officer who is famous for his world record in air-to-air combat
  • Said Alam, Pakistani pediatric surgeon and political activist

Compound names

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unidentified surnames transliterated as Alam

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Given name

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given name عالم ("world")

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  • Alam Channa (1953–1998), son of Nasir Channa of Dhoke Kashmirian was the world's tallest living man at 232.4 cm (7 ft 7 inch) high. During his life he had been billed at various heights of up to 7 ft 6 while working at a circus
  • Alam Lohar (1928–1979), prominent Punjabi folk music from the Punjab region of Pakistan, formerly British India. He is credited with popularising the musical term Jugni
  • Alom Shaha (born 1973), British-Bangladeshi teacher, writer and filmmaker

unidentified given names transliterated as Alam

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Fictional characters

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  • Alam Ara, eponymous protagonist of a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani, the first Indian sound film

See also

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