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عِلاوَة
bonus, allowance, increment (added to a base salary or price) /ʕɪˈlaː.wɐ/
nounB2#3686 most common
Also: surcharge, extra pay, increase
Example sentences
حصلت على علاوة هذا الشهر.
I got a bonus this month.
تعطي الشركة علاوة سنوية للموظفين.
The company gives employees an annual bonus.
زادت علاوة الغلاء بسبب التضخم.
The cost-of-living allowance rose because of inflation.
طالب العمال بعلاوة على أجورهم الأساسية.
The workers demanded a bonus on top of their basic wages.
أقرت الحكومة علاوة استثنائية لموظفي القطاع الصحي خلال الجائحة.
The government approved an exceptional allowance for health sector staff during the pandemic.
تُحسب قيمة العلاوة وفق سنوات الخدمة والأداء الوظيفي للموظف.
The value of the bonus is calculated according to the employee's years of service and job performance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِلاوَةٌ | عِلاواتٌ |
| Genitive | عِلاوَةٍ | عِلاواتٍ |
| Accusative | عِلاوَةً | عِلاواتٍ |
| Vocative | يا عِلاوَةُ | يا عِلاواتُ |
Word family
Etymology
عِلاوَة comes from the Semitic root ع-ل-و (ʿ-l-w), which carries the sense of height and elevation. The base verb عَلَا means to rise or to be high. The noun pattern فِعالة turns that root into something concrete: an amount raised on top of a base figure, which is why the word now means a bonus, allowance, or surcharge added above a normal salary or price.
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