سلسلة

See also: سلسلہ and سلسله

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic שִׁלְשֶׁלְתָּא (šilšeltā, “chain”), from Akkadian 𒉠𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršerratu⁠/, “chains”), likely onomatopoeic of rattling chains; cognates with (Hebrew שַׁרְשְׁרָה (šaršərā), Classical Syriac ܫܝܫܠܬܐ (šēšaltā), Amharic ሰንሰለት (sänsälät), Old Armenian շղթայ (šłtʻay), Sumerian 𒋢𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršer⁠/, “chains”) likely derived from the common Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sil.si.la/

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Noun

سِلْسِلَة • (silsila) f (plural سَلَاسِل (salāsil))

1. iron chain
2. (literally or figuratively) chain
3. (obsolete) a kind of rope or cord
4. series

Declension

Declension of noun سِلْسِلَة (silsila)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِلْسِلَة silsila	السِّلْسِلَة as-silsila	سِلْسِلَة silsilat
Nominative	سِلْسِلَةٌ silsilatun	السِّلْسِلَةُ as-silsilatu	سِلْسِلَةُ silsilatu
Accusative	سِلْسِلَةً silsilatan	السِّلْسِلَةَ as-silsilata	سِلْسِلَةَ silsilata
Genitive	سِلْسِلَةٍ silsilatin	السِّلْسِلَةِ as-silsilati	سِلْسِلَةِ silsilati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِلْسِلَتَيْن silsilatayn	السِّلْسِلَتَيْن as-silsilatayn	سِلْسِلَتَيْ silsilatay
Nominative	سِلْسِلَتَانِ silsilatāni	السِّلْسِلَتَانِ as-silsilatāni	سِلْسِلَتَا silsilatā
Accusative	سِلْسِلَتَيْنِ silsilatayni	السِّلْسِلَتَيْنِ as-silsilatayni	سِلْسِلَتَيْ silsilatay
Genitive	سِلْسِلَتَيْنِ silsilatayni	السِّلْسِلَتَيْنِ as-silsilatayni	سِلْسِلَتَيْ silsilatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلَاسِل salāsil	السَّلَاسِل as-salāsil	سَلَاسِل salāsil
Nominative	سَلَاسِلُ salāsilu	السَّلَاسِلُ as-salāsilu	سَلَاسِلُ salāsilu
Accusative	سَلَاسِلَ salāsila	السَّلَاسِلَ as-salāsila	سَلَاسِلَ salāsila
Genitive	سَلَاسِلَ salāsila	السَّلَاسِلِ as-salāsili	سَلَاسِلِ salāsili

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: silsilə
• → Bengali: সিলসিলা (silsila)
• → Persian: سلسله (selsele)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سلسله (silsile)
    • → Turkish: silsile
    • → Armenian: սինսիլե (sinsile), սըլսըլա (səlsəla)
  • → Urdu: سلسلہ
• → Malay: silsilah
  • Indonesian: silsilah

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 290
• Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 18
• “šeršerratu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992, pages 320–321
• “šlšlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “šeršer [CHAIN]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[2], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• H8333 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ل س ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sil.si.le/, [ˈsɪl.sɪ.le]
• IPA^(key): /sil.si.la/, [ˈsɪl.sɪ.la]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

سلسلة • (silsile) f (plural سلاسل (salāsel))

1. chain

   سلسلة جبال ― silsilet jbāl ― mountain range

   Audio (Ramallah):

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2. series