Example
العلم يرفع بيتاً لا عماد له والجهل يهدم بيت العز والشرف.
True knowledge raises mansions even without foundations whereas ignorance destroys the mansions of honor.
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Words from the same root
ع ل مArabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of العلم, so their meanings are related: learn them together.
- تعلم learn
- عالم world
- علّم بـ to teach with
- معلم teacher, instructor
- علامة sign mark
- يعلّم بـ teaches with
- العلم بـ knowledge of
- علامات signs marks
- معلومة information, fact, piece of knowledge
- تعليمات instructions
- علم الاجتماع sociology
- من المعلوم أن it is well-known that...