مَعْلَمٌ
Root: علم
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مَعْلَمٌ
i. q.
مَظِنَّةٌ; مَعْلَمُ الشَّىْءِ signifying مَظِنَّتُهُ; as meaning The place in which is known the existence of the thing: (Msb in art. ظن:) pl. مَعَالِمُ; which is the contr. of
مَجَاهِلُ, pl. of مَجْهَلٌ [q. v.] as applied to a land; meaning in which are signs of the way. (TA in art. جهل.) And hence, [A person in whom is known the existence of a quality &c.:] one says, هُوَ مَعْلَمٌ لِلْخَيْرِ [He is one in whom good, or goodness, is known to be].
2 Also A thing, or a mark, trace, or track, by which one guides himself, or is guided, to the road, or way; as also عُلَّامَةٌ and عَلْمٌ : (K: [in several copies of which, in all as far as I know, وَالعَلْمُ is here put in the place of والعَلْمِ; whereby العَلْمُ is made to be syn. with العَالَمُ: but accord. to SM, it is syn. with المَعْلَمُ, as is shown by what here follows:]) and hence a reading in the Kur [xliii. 61], وَإِنَّهُ لِلسَّاعَةِ, meaning And verily he, i. e. Jesus, by his appearing, and descending to the earth, shall be a sign of the approach of the hour [of resurrection]: it is also said, in a trad., that on the day of resurrection there shall not be a مَعْلَم for any one: and the pl. is مَعَالِمُ. And مَعْلَمُ الطِّرِيقِ signifies The indication, or indicator, of the road, or way.
3 [And hence it signifies likewise An indication, or a symptom, of anything; like عَلَامَةٌ.]
4 See also عَلَمٌ, last quarter.
2 Also A thing, or a mark, trace, or track, by which one guides himself, or is guided, to the road, or way; as also عُلَّامَةٌ and عَلْمٌ : (K: [in several copies of which, in all as far as I know, وَالعَلْمُ is here put in the place of والعَلْمِ; whereby العَلْمُ is made to be syn. with العَالَمُ: but accord. to SM, it is syn. with المَعْلَمُ, as is shown by what here follows:]) and hence a reading in the Kur [xliii. 61], وَإِنَّهُ لِلسَّاعَةِ, meaning And verily he, i. e. Jesus, by his appearing, and descending to the earth, shall be a sign of the approach of the hour [of resurrection]: it is also said, in a trad., that on the day of resurrection there shall not be a مَعْلَم for any one: and the pl. is مَعَالِمُ. And مَعْلَمُ الطِّرِيقِ signifies The indication, or indicator, of the road, or way.
3 [And hence it signifies likewise An indication, or a symptom, of anything; like عَلَامَةٌ.]
4 See also عَلَمٌ, last quarter.
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