Urdu Dictionary

معلم muʻallim act. part. of علّم 'to teach,' c.

A معلم muʻallim (act. part. of علّم 'to teach,' &c.), s.m. A teacher, tutor, instructor, preceptor, master; the pilot, or the mate (of a ship,—in the barbarous dialect of the 'lascars' called mālim, or malim);—muʻallam (pass. part. of the same verb), part. Taught, instructed; trained, disciplined;—s.m. A learner, student, pupil:—muʻallim-garī, s.f.=muʻallimī, q.v.