elimu

Swahili

noun

Definitions

education (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment)
knowledge

Etymology

Derived from Arabic عِلْم (knowledge, lore).

Origin

Arabic

عِلْم

Gloss

knowledge, lore

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ع ل م Arabic
علم الأحياء Arabic
علم الفلك Arabic
عِلْم Arabic
علم Persian
ilim Turkish
ilmu Malay
ілім Kazakh
ғылым Kazakh
elm Azerbaijani
علم Urdu
ilm Northern Kurdish
ilm Uzbek
илм Tajik
илму Kumyk
علم fa-cls
ᮆᮜ᮪ᮙᮥ Sundanese