Arabic

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Root
س ل م (s l m)
21 terms

Etymology 1

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Semantic loan from Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā, wholeness, welfare; peace, used as a greeting). Cognate with Hebrew שלום (shalóm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.laːm/
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Noun

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سَلَام (salāmm

  1. verbal noun of سَلِمَ (salima) (form I), well-being
  2. peace
  3. greeting
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Interjection

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سَلَام (salām)

  1. salutation; greeting
Descendants
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References

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  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 175

Etymology 2

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Belonging to the root س ل م (s-l-m).

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Noun

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سِلَام (silāmm

  1. verbal noun of سَالَمَ (sālama) (form III)
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Noun

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سِلَام (silāmm

  1. plural of variety of سَلِم (salim, stones), or alternative collective
  2. plural of variety of سَلَْم (salam, Acacia ehrenbergiana)
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Central Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace).

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Noun

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سلام (sælaːm)

  1. greeting
  2. hello
  3. hi

Mazanderani

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Interjection

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سلام (selâm)

  1. hello

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Noun

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سلام (selam)

  1. greetings

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Descendants

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Persian

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Dari سلام
Iranian Persian
Tajik салом

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? salām
Dari reading? salām
Iranian reading? salâm
Tajik reading? salom

Interjection

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سلام (salâm)

  1. hello, hi, hiya
    سلام!salâmhello!
    سلام علیکم!salâm aleykomhello! (more formal)

Noun

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سلام (salâm)

  1. salutation; greeting
    Synonym: درود (dorud)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 114”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      به بارگاه تو چون باد را نباشد بار
      کی اتفاق مجال سلام ما افتد
      ba bārgāh-i tu čūn bād rā na-bāšad bār
      kay ittifāq-i majāl-i salām-i mā uftad
      When even the wind has no right to pass through your reception room,
      How should the opportunity for me to say hello ever come to pass?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (military) salute
  3. (Islam) the salam uttered at the end of prayer
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Further reading

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

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Noun

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سلام (salāmm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਲਾਮ)

  1. salutation
  2. greeting
  3. (literally) peace

Sindhi

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَلَام (salām).

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سَلامُ (salāmu) (Devanagari सलामु)

  1. (Islam) hello, hi

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سَلامُ (salāmum (Devanagari सलामु)

  1. peace; greeting

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ل م
8 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سَلام (salām).

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Noun

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سلام (salāmm (plural سلامات (salāmāt))

  1. peace, peacefulness

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Southern Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace).

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Noun

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سەلام (sælaːm)

  1. greeting
  2. hello
  3. hi

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سَلَام (salām), itself from Arabic سَلَام (salām). First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi سلام (slam).[1]

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Interjection

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سَلام (salām) (Hindi spelling सलाम)

  1. interjection used to greet or often fare adieu to someone.
    Clipping of السلام علیکم (al-salām 'alaikum, hello, hi, hiya).
    سَلام!salām!hello!
    سَلام عَلَیکُم!
    salām 'alaikum!
    hello!

Noun

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سَلام (salāmm (Hindi spelling सलाम)

  1. greeting, salutation
  2. a salute (chiefly military but not limited to).
    پاکِسْتان تُجھے سَلام
    pākistān tujhe salām
    Salute to you, O Pakistan
  3. farewell; adieu
  4. regards
    اَبُّو کو میرا سَلام دینا
    abbū ko merā salām denā
    Send my regards to your father.
  5. (religion, chiefly Islam) blessingSynonym of دُرُود (durūd)
  6. (Islam) the salam invoked in salah
  7. (Islam) one of the attributes of Allah
  8. (literally, rare) peace

Declension

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    Declension of سلام
singular plural
direct سَلام (salām) سَلام (salām)
oblique سَلام (salām) سَلاموں (salāmõ)
vocative سَلام (salām) سَلامو (salāmo)

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References

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  1. ^ سلام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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