Malay Names · Boy
Mualim name meaning
“teacher”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- M
- Origin
- Arabic
- Category
- Malay Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Arabic scriptمعلم
Mualim is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'teacher'.
What does Mualim mean?
About the name Mualim
Mualim comes from Arabic muʿallim, meaning teacher or instructor. In Arabic the word also has the sense of a ship's officer. Muallim and Moalim are variant spellings.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Root | ع ل م · ʿ-l-m |
| Syllables | Mu-a-lim |
| First letter | Malay Names starting with M |
| Arabic script | معلم |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: معلم · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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