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'''Alam''' is a masculine name derived from several ancient languages including :
# Arabic: {{lang|ar|عالم}} (''ʿĀlam'') meaning "world" or "universe" # Hebrew: cognate word {{Script/Hebrew|עולם}} is transcribed as ''Olam'' or Ulam, also meaning "World" # Tagalog: ''Alam'' means "Knowledge" (Wisdom). adjective ''maalam'', is referred to as the one who is knowledgeable and wise. # Bengali: ''Alom'' means "the whole world; world". # Malay: ''Alam'' means "Field of interest", "nature", "realm", "world". Use "Ilmu alam" means "Natural Studies" or "Geography". # Hindi: ''Alam'' means "the whole world; world". # Urdu: ''Alam'' means "the whole world; world".
== Use in literature ==
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 == ===Anzar===
====surname {{lang|ar|عالم}} ("world")==== * 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==== * Alamgir * Badrul Alam (disambiguation) * Jahangir Alam (disambiguation) * Mahbubul Alam (disambiguation) * Nurul Alam (disambiguation) * Shamsul Alam (disambiguation)
====unidentified surnames transliterated as ''Alam''==== * Abdul Qadir Alam, governor of Ghor Province, Afghanistan * Abrar Alam (born 1996), Bangladeshi cricketer *Adeel Alam (born 1986), Pakistani-American wrestler better known by his ring name Mustafa Ali * Aftab Alam (disambiguation), several * Aftabuddin Alam (born 1993), Indian cricketer * Ahmed Alam (born 1972), field hockey player * Alexander Alam (1896–1983), Australian businessman, politician, and philanthropist * Ali Alam (born 1977), Pakistani underground musician * Amir-Hossein Khozeimé Alam (1919–2002), eldest son of Amir Ma'soum Khan Khozeiméh * Ammad Alam (born 1998), Pakistani cricketer * Arish Alam (born 1986), Indian cricketer * Ashraful Alam (educationist), Bangladeshi educationist and vice chancellor of Sylhet International University * Ashraful Alom (born 1982), Bangladeshi media personality and politician * Asadollah Alam (1919–1978), Iranian politician * A.T.M. Zahirul Alam (born 1952), retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army * Ava Alam (1947–1976), Bangladeshi singer and music teacher * Badiul Alam (born 1949), Bangladeshi academic * Didarul Alam (born 1968), Bangladesh Awami League politician * Faisal Alam (born 1977), gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation * Fakrul Alam (born 1951), Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator * Fareena Alam (born 1978), English journalist and was editor * Faria Alam (born 1966), Bangladeshi society figure and television personality * Faruque Alam (1940–2020), Bangladeshi civil engineer and wood technologist * Fawad Alam (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer and actor * Fouad Salam Alam (born 1951), Egyptian volleyball player * Ghulam Dastagir Alam (1933–2000), Pakistani theoretical physicist and professor * Gulzar Alam (born 1959), Pashto singer * Gurdas Ram Alam (1912–1989), Punjabi language poet * Ikhfanul Alam (born 1984), Indonesian footballer * Israfil Alam (born 1966), Bangladesh Awami League Politician * Jafar Alam (born 1957), Bangladeshi politician * Jahanara Alam (born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer * Javeed Alam (1943–2016), activist and thinker * Johnny Alam, Canadian researcher, visual artist, and curator * Khorshed Alam (1935–2021), fifth Governor of Bangladesh Bank * Khurshid Alam (born 1940s), Bangladeshi playback singer * Leena Alam (born 1978) * Leon Alam (born 1996), German politician * Sayful Alam (1934–1997), Bangladeshi politician and teacher * M. Shahid Alam, Pakistani economist, academic, and social scientist * Mohammad Habibul Alam, Vice-chairman of the World Scout Committee * Mozaffar Alam (1882–1973), Iranian military and political figure * Nawab Alam Yar Jung Bahadur (1890–1970), Indian politician * Qasa Alom, British-Bangladeshi journalist and presenter
===Given name===
====given name {{lang|ar|عالم}} ("world")==== * 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''==== * Alam al-Din al-Hanafi (1178–1251), Egyptian mathematician, astronomer and engineer * Alam al-Malika (died 1130), leader of Zubayd in Yemen * Alam Dad Lalika (born 1987), Pakistani politician * Alam Khan (actor), Indian actor, model, and dancer * Alam Khan (composer), Bangladeshi composer and music director * Alam Khattak, Pakistani army general * Alam Gul Kuchi, Afghan politician * Alam Mir (born 1944) * Alam Muzaffarnagari (1901–1969), pseudonym of Muhammad Ishaaq, Indian poet * Alam Shah, the fourth and last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty * Alam Zeb (athlete) (born 1930), Pakistani middle-distance runner
===Fictional characters=== * ''Alam Ara'', eponymous protagonist of a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani, the first Indian sound film
==See also== * Alama, a given name and surname * Alamabad (disambiguation) * Alamal (disambiguation) (''al-amal'' "hope" or ''al-ʿamal'' "work") * {{look from}} * {{in title}}
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