سلام

Arabic

Root
س ل م (s l m)
22 terms

Etymology 1

Semantic loan from Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā, wholeness, welfare; peace, used as a greeting). Cognate with Hebrew שלום (shalóm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.laːm/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

سَلَام • (salāmm

  1. verbal noun of سَلِمَ (salima) (form I), well-being
  2. peace
  3. greeting
Declension
Declension of noun سَلَام (salām)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَلَام
salām
السَّلَام
as-salām
سَلَام
salām
nominative سَلَامٌ
salāmun
السَّلَامُ
as-salāmu
سَلَامُ
salāmu
accusative سَلَامًا
salāman
السَّلَامَ
as-salāma
سَلَامَ
salāma
genitive سَلَامٍ
salāmin
السَّلَامِ
as-salāmi
سَلَامِ
salāmi
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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.laːm/

Noun

سِلَام • (silāmm

  1. verbal noun of سَالَمَ (sālama) (form III)
Declension
Declension of noun سِلَام (silām)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سِلَام
silām
السِّلَام
as-silām
سِلَام
silām
nominative سِلَامٌ
silāmun
السِّلَامُ
as-silāmu
سِلَامُ
silāmu
accusative سِلَامًا
silāman
السِّلَامَ
as-silāma
سِلَامَ
silāma
genitive سِلَامٍ
silāmin
السِّلَامِ
as-silāmi
سِلَامِ
silāmi

Noun

سِلَام • (silāmm

  1. plural of variety of سَلِم (salim, stones), or alternative collective
  2. plural of variety of سَلَْم (salam, Acacia ehrenbergiana)
Declension
Declension of noun سِلَام (silām)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سِلَام
silām
السِّلَام
as-silām
سِلَام
silām
nominative سِلَامٌ
silāmun
السِّلَامُ
as-silāmu
سِلَامُ
silāmu
accusative سِلَامًا
silāman
السِّلَامَ
as-silāma
سِلَامَ
silāma
genitive سِلَامٍ
silāmin
السِّلَامِ
as-silāmi
سِلَامِ
silāmi

References

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

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sælaːm/

Noun

سلام (sælaːm)

  1. greeting
  2. hello
  3. hi

Mazanderani

Interjection

سلام (selâm)

  1. hello

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Noun

سلام • (selam)

  1. greetings

Derived terms

Descendants

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Pronunciation

  • (phr) IPA(key): /sə.läːmə/

Noun

سلام (slām)

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

Persian

Dari سلام
Iranian Persian
Tajik салом

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? salām
Dari reading? salām
Iranian reading? salâm
Tajik reading? salom

Interjection

سلام • (salâm)

  1. hello, hi, hiya
    سلام!salâmhello!
    سلام علیکم!salâm aleykomhello! (more formal)

Noun

سلام • (salâm)

  1. salutation; greeting
    Synonym: درود (dorud)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 114”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      به بارگاه تو چون باد را نباشد بار
      کی اتفاق مجال سلام ما افتد
      ba bārgāh-i tu čūn bād rā na-bāšad bār
      kay ittifāq-i majāl-i salām-i mā uftad
      When even the wind has no right to pass through your reception room,
      How should the opportunity for me to say hello ever come to pass?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (military) salute
  3. (Islam) the salam uttered at the end of prayer

Descendants

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Pronunciation

Noun

سلام • (salāmm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਲਾਮ)

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

Sindhi

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Interjection

سَلامُ • (salāmu) (Devanagari सलामु)

  1. (Islam) hello, hi

Noun

سَلامُ • (salāmum (Devanagari सलामु)

  1. peace; greeting

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ل م
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَلام (salām).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

سلام • (salāmm (plural سلامات (salāmāt))

  1. peace, peacefulness

Derived terms

Southern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Ilami) /sæɫaːm/

Noun

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سەلام (sælaːm)

  1. greeting
  2. hello
  3. hi

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَلَام (salām), itself from Arabic سَلَام (salām). First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi سلام (slam).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.lɑːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm
  • Hyphenation: سَ‧لام

Interjection

سَلام • (salām) (Hindi spelling सलाम)

  1. interjection used to greet or often fare adieu to someone.
    clipping of السلام علیکم (al-salām 'alaikum, hello, hi, hiya)
    سَلام!salām!hello!
    سَلام عَلَیکُم!salām 'alaikum!hello!

Noun

سَلام • (salāmm (Hindi spelling सलाम)

  1. greeting, salutation
  2. a salute (chiefly military but not limited to).
    پاکِسْتان تُجھے سَلامpākistān tujhe salāmSalute to you, O Pakistan
  3. farewell; adieu
  4. regards
    اَبُّو کو میرا سَلام دینا
    abbū ko merā salām denā
    Send my regards to your father.
  5. (religion, chiefly Islam) blessingsynonym of دُرُود (durūd)
  6. (Islam) the salam invoked in salah
  7. (Islam) one of the attributes of Allah
  8. (literally, rare) peace

Declension

Declension of سلام
singular plural
direct سَلام (salām) سَلام (salām)
oblique سَلام (salām) سَلاموں (salāmõ)
vocative سَلام (salām) سَلامو (salāmo)

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root س ل م (0 c, 4 e)

References

  1. ^ سلام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading