سلام

Arabic

Root
س ل م‎ (s-l-m)

Etymology 1

Loaned from Aramaic שְׁלָמָא‎ / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ‎ (šəlāmā, “wholeness, wellfare; peace”, used as a greeting).

Cognate with Hebrew שלום‎ (shalóm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.laːm/
  • (file)

Noun

سَلَام • (salām) m

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

Interjection

سَلَام • (salām)

  1. salutation; greeting
Descendants

References

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

Etymology 2

Belonging to the root س ل م‎ (s-l-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.laːm/

Noun

سِلَام • (silām) m

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

Noun

سِلَام • (silām) m

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

References

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

Mazanderani

Interjection

سلام (selâm)

  1. hello

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

Noun

سلام • (selam)

  1. greetings

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām, “peace”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /saˈlɔm/

  • (file)

Interjection

Dari سلام
Iranian Persian
Tajik салом (salom)

سلام • (salâm)

  1. hello, hi, hiya
    ‏سلام!‎‎ ― salâm ― hello!
    ‏سلام علیکم!‎‎ ― salâm aleykom ― hello! (more formal)

Noun

سلام • (salâm)

  1. salutation; greeting
  2. (military) salute
  3. (Islam) Salam at the end of prayer.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.laːmə/

Noun

سلام • (salām) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਲਾਮ)

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

Sindhi

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

Interjection

سَلامُ (salāmu) (Devanagari सलामु)

  1. (used by Muslims) hello, hi

Noun

سَلامُ (salāmu) m (Devanagari सलामु)

  1. peace; greeting

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ل م‎

Etymology

From Arabic سَلام‎ (salām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.laːm/, [saˈlæːm]
  • (file)

Noun

سلام • (salām) m (plural سلامات‎ (salāmāt))

  1. peace, peacefulness

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلام‎ (salām), Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

Pronunciation

Interjection

سلام • (salām) (Hindi spelling सलाम‎)

  1. hello, hi, hiya
    ‏سلام!‎‎ ― salām ― hello!
    ‏سلام علیکم!‎‎ ― salām alaykum ― hello! (more formal)

Noun

سَلام • (salām) m (Hindi spelling सलाम)

  1. salutation
  2. greeting
  3. peace

References

  • “سلام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سلام”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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