سلسلة

See also: سلسلہ and سلسله

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic שִׁלְשֶׁלְתָּא (šilšeltā, “chain”), from Akkadian 𒉠𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršerratu⁠/, “chains”), likely onomatopoeic of rattling chains; cognates with (Hebrew שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת (sharshéret), Classical Syriac ܫܝܫܠܬܐ (šēšaltā), Amharic ሰንሰለት (sänsälät), Old Armenian շղթայ (šłtʻay), Sumerian 𒋢𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršer⁠/, “chains”) likely derived from the common Semitic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sil.si.la/
Audio: (file)

Noun

سِلْسِلَة • (silsila) f (plural سَلَاسِل (salāsil))

iron chain
(literally or figuratively) chain
(obsolete) a kind of rope or cord
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Declension

Declension of noun **سِلْسِلَة** (silsila)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سِلْسِلَة silsila	السِّلْسِلَة as-silsila	سِلْسِلَة silsilat
nominative	سِلْسِلَةٌ silsilatun	السِّلْسِلَةُ as-silsilatu	سِلْسِلَةُ silsilatu
accusative	سِلْسِلَةً silsilatan	السِّلْسِلَةَ as-silsilata	سِلْسِلَةَ silsilata
genitive	سِلْسِلَةٍ silsilatin	السِّلْسِلَةِ as-silsilati	سِلْسِلَةِ silsilati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سِلْسِلَتَيْن silsilatayn	السِّلْسِلَتَيْن as-silsilatayn	سِلْسِلَتَيْ silsilatay
nominative	سِلْسِلَتَانِ silsilatāni	السِّلْسِلَتَانِ as-silsilatāni	سِلْسِلَتَا silsilatā
accusative	سِلْسِلَتَيْنِ silsilatayni	السِّلْسِلَتَيْنِ as-silsilatayni	سِلْسِلَتَيْ silsilatay
genitive	سِلْسِلَتَيْنِ silsilatayni	السِّلْسِلَتَيْنِ as-silsilatayni	سِلْسِلَتَيْ silsilatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَلَاسِل salāsil	السَّلَاسِل as-salāsil	سَلَاسِل salāsil
nominative	سَلَاسِلُ salāsilu	السَّلَاسِلُ as-salāsilu	سَلَاسِلُ salāsilu
accusative	سَلَاسِلَ salāsila	السَّلَاسِلَ as-salāsila	سَلَاسِلَ salāsila
genitive	سَلَاسِلَ salāsila	السَّلَاسِلِ as-salāsili	سَلَاسِلِ salāsili

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: silsilə
→ Bengali: সিলসিলা (silsila)
→ Persian: سلسله (selsele)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سلسله (silsile)
  - → Turkish: silsile
  - → Armenian: սինսիլե (sinsile), սըլսըլա (səlsəla)
- → Urdu: سلسلہ
→ Malay: silsilah
- Indonesian: silsilah

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 290
Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 18
“šeršerratu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992, pages 320–321
“šlšlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“šeršer [CHAIN]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[2], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
H8333 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ل س ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sil.si.le/, [ˈsɪl.sɪ.le]
IPA^(key): /sil.si.la/, [ˈsɪl.sɪ.la]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

سلسلة • (silsile) f (plural سلاسل (salāsel))

chain
سلسلة جبال ― silsilet jbāl ― mountain range

Audio (Ramallah): (file)
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