שלמא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܫܠܡܐ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šalām-. Cognates include Hebrew שלום, Arabic سلام.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃlɑmɑʔ/

Interjection

שלמא • (transliteration needed)

1. A greeting; similar to hello.

Noun

שלמא • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. peace
2. perfection
3. wholeness
4. health
5. welfare, safety

Antonyms

• קרבא

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