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عالَمِيّ
global /ʕaːlaˈmijj/
adjectiveA2#1366 most common
Also: worldwide, international, universal
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ شَرِكَةٌ عالَمِيَّةٌ.
This is a global company.
كُرَةُ القَدَمِ رِياضَةٌ عالَمِيَّةٌ.
Football is a global sport.
أَصْبَحَ هٰذا المُغَنِّي نَجْماً عالَمِيّاً.
This singer became a global star.
تُناقِشُ المُنَظَّمَةُ قَضايا عالَمِيَّةً مِثْلَ تَغَيُّرِ المُناخِ.
The organization discusses global issues like climate change.
شَهِدَ الاقْتِصادُ العالَمِيُّ تَباطُؤاً مَلْحوظاً العامَ الماضِيَ.
The global economy saw a marked slowdown last year.
يَرى بَعْضُ المُفَكِّرينَ أَنَّ العَوْلَمَةَ فَرَضَتْ ثَقافَةً عالَمِيَّةً مُوَحَّدَةً عَلى حِسابِ الهُوِيّاتِ المَحَلِّيَّةِ.
Some thinkers argue that globalization imposed a single global culture at the expense of local identities.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عالَمِيٌّ | عالَمِيّونَ |
| Genitive | عالَمِيٍّ | عالَمِيّينَ |
| Accusative | عالَمِيّاً | عالَمِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا عالَمِيُّ | يا عالَمِيّونَ |
Word family
عالَمworld
عالَمِيَّةglobalism, universality
عَوْلَمةglobalization
عِلْمknowledge, scienceعالِمscholar, scientistEtymology
The word is the relational (nisba) form of عالَم (ʿālam), "world." Adding the suffix ـِيّ turns the noun into an adjective meaning "of the world." The base noun comes from the Semitic root ʿ-l-m. The sense shifted from "world" to the modern reading "global" or "international."
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