selamünaleyküm

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلام علیکم,[1] from Classical Persian سلام علیکم (salāmun ʿalaykum), from Arabic سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ (salāmun ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s̪e̞.l̠ʲä́ː.myn̪.ʔä.l̠ʲé̞j.cym]
  • Hyphenation: se‧la‧mün‧a‧ley‧küm

Interjection

selamünaleyküm

  1. (Islam) salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سلام علیکم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1070
  2. ^ “selamünaleyküm”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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