সেলাম

Bengali

Bengali phrasebook

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Alternative forms

সালাম (śalam)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (salâm), from Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām). Compare Hindi सलाम (salām), Urdu سَلَام‎, Punjabi ਸਲਾਮ (salām) / سَلام‎ (salām), Sindhi سَلامُ‎ / सलामु, Gujarati સલામ (salām), Marathi सलाम (salām), Telugu సలాము (salāmu).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /selam/, [selam]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /selam/, [selam]

Interjection

সেলাম • (selam)

(chiefly among Muslims) hello, greetings!
Synonyms: নমস্কার (nomośkar), হ্যালো (hêlō), আসসালামু আলাইকুম (asśalamu alaikum)

Noun

সেলাম • (selam)

salutation, greeting

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