שלמא
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Syriac: ܫܠܡܐ
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šalām-. Cognates include Hebrew שלום, Arabic سلام.
Pronunciation
Interjection
שלמא • (transliteration needed)
- A greeting; similar to hello.
Noun
שלמא • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)
Antonyms
References
- “šlm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press