hamza-alif, lām, mīm
5 names share this root — every one of them carries a thread of the same meaning.
Scholar Plural is ulama normally used for religious scholors
Hope, Aspiration
Learned, expert, scholar, omniscient, one of the names of Allah.
No independent English meaning found for this name in these sources. Its Arabic spelling matches a real word in the Quran — see the citation below.