1. مَعْلَمٌ
maEolamN * i. q. maZin~apN ; maEolamu Al$~aYo'i signifying maZin~atuhu ; (K, TA;) as meaning The place in which is known the existence of the thing: (Msb in art. Zn :) pl. maEaAlimu ; (TA;) which is the contr. of majaAhilu , pl. of majohalN [q. v.] as applied to a land; meaning in which are signs of the way. (TA in art. jhl .) And hence, [ A person in whom is known the existence of a quality &c.:] one says, huwa maEolamN liloxayori [ He is one in whom good, or goodness, is known to be ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A thing, (K,) or a mark, trace, or track, (S, TA,) by which one guides himself, or is guided, (S, K, TA,) to the road, or way; (S, TA;) as also ↓ Eul~aAmapN and ↓ EalomN : (K: [in several copies of which, in all as far as I know, waAlEalomu is here put in the place of wAlEalomi ; whereby AlEalomu is made to be syn. with AlEaAlamu : but accord. to SM, it is syn. with AlmaEolamu , as is shown by what here follows:]) and hence a reading in the Kur [xliii. 61], ↓ waA_in~ahu laEalomN lils~aAEapi , meaning And verily he, i. e. Jesus, by his appearing, and descending to the earth, shall be a sign of the approach of the hour [of resurrection]: it is also said, in a trad., that on the day of resurrection there shall not be a maEolam for any one: and the pl. is maEaAlimu . (TA.) And maEolamu AlT~iriyqi signifies The indication, or indicator, of the road, or way. (TA.) ― -b3- [And hence it signifies likewise An indication, or a symptom, of anything; like EalaAmapN .] ― -b4- See also EalamN , last quarter.