Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay Scripts عالم(Arabic, Urdu, Pashto) আলম(Bengali) Pronounced Pron. /ˈʕaː.lam/(Arabic) /ˈɑː.ləm/(Urdu) /ˈa.lom/(Bengali) /ˈa.lam/(Indonesian, Malay) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "world, universe" in Arabic.