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!salâmhello!
    سلام علیکم!salâm aleykomhello! (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!salāmhello!
    سلام علیکم!salām alaykumhello! (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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