салам

Bulgarian

Шпеков испански салам

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salame, via Ottoman Turkish. Cognate with modern Turkish salam, Greek σαλάμι (salámi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈɫam]
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

сала́м • (salám) m

1. salami (salted smoked sausage)
2. (by generalization) any cured sausage

   Synonym: колба́с (kolbás)

Declension

Declension of сала́м

	singular	plural
indefinite	сала́м salám	сала́ми salámi
definite (subject form)	сала́мът salámǎt	сала́мите salámite
definite (object form)	сала́ма saláma
count form	—	сала́ма saláma

Related terms

• саламу́ра (salamúra, “brine, salty sauce”)
• сол (sol, “salt”)
  • слани́на (slanína, “lard, bacon”)
  • сла́тина (slátina, “saline spring”)

References

• “салам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “салам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• слама (slama), масал (masal)

Chuvash

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Compare Turkish selam (“hello”).

Interjection

салам • (salam)

1. hello

   Пурне те хӗрӳллӗ салам! ― Purne t̬e h̬ĕrüllĕ salam! ― A warm hello to all!

Noun

салам • (salam)

1. greeting

   салам яр ― salam jar ― to send a greeting

2. bow, curtsey
3. (in expressions) peace

   Салам алейккӗм! ― Salam alejkkĕm! ― Peace be upon you!

Further reading

• “салам”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Kyrgyz

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈlam]

Interjection

салам • (salam)

1. (informal) hello

See also

• саламатсызбы (salamatsızbı)

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Doublet of шало́м (šalóm).

Interjection

сала́м • (salám)

1. (Islam) salaam (greeting in a Muslim context)

Etymology 2

See the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaɫəm]

• Audio:

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Noun

са́лам • (sálam) n inan pl

1. dative plural of са́ло (sálo)