سلام

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šalām-, belonging to the root س ل م (s-l-m). The “peace” meaning as well as the usage as greeting is a semantic loan from Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (š'lāmā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

سَلَام • (salām) m

1. verbal noun of سَلِمَ (salima) (form I)
2. greeting
3. peace

   Synonym: سِلْم (silm)

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

• السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum)
• وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ (waʕalaykumu s-salāmu)

Interjection

سَلَام • (salām)

1. salutation; greeting

Descendants

• Maltese: silem, sliem
• → Armenian: սելամ (selam)
• → Azerbaijani: salam
• → Bashkir: сәләм (sələm)
• → Chechen: салам (salam)
• → Chinese:

  Mandarin: 色蘭／色兰 (sèlán), 薩拉姆／萨拉姆 (sàlāmǔ)

• → English: salaam
• → Finnish: salaam
• → French: salam
• → Georgian: სალამი (salami)
• → German: salem
• → Greek: σαλάμ (salám)
• → Hebrew: סלאם (salaam)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सलाम (salām)

  Urdu: سلام (salām)

  • → Mauritian Creole: salam
• → Hungarian: szálem
• → Japanese: サラーム (sarāmu)
• → Kazakh: сәле́м (sälém)
• → Korean: 살람 (sallam)
• → Kurdish: selam,
• → Kyrgyz: салам (salam)
• → Lak: салам (salam)
• → Lezgi: салам (salam)
• → Malay: salam
  • → Indonesian: salam
• → Marathi: सलाम (salām)
• → Mazanderani: سلام (selâm)
• → Nepali: सलाम (salām)
• → Ossetian: салам (salam)
• → Pashto: سلام (salām)
• → Persian: سلام (salâm)

  Tajik: салом (salom)

  • → Bengali: সেলাম (śelam), সালাম (salam)
  • → Gujarati: સલામ (salām)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سلام (selam)
    • Turkish: selam
    • → Albanian: selam
  • → Punjabi: ਸਲਾਮ (salām)
• → Polish: salam
• → Portuguese: salama
• → Russian: саля́м (saljám), селя́м (seljám), сала́м (salám), сало́м (salóm)
• → Serbo-Croatian: селам (selam)
• → Sindhi: سَلامُ / सलामु (salāmu)
• → Swahili: salamu, salaam
• → Tatar: сәлам (sälam)
• → Telugu: సలాము (salāmu), సలాం (salāṁ)
• → Turkmen: salam, selam
• → Uyghur: سالام (salam)
• → Uzbek: салoм (salom)
• → Vietnamese: xa-lam

References

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 175

Etymology 2

Belonging to the root س ل م (s-l-m).

Noun

سِلَام • (silām) m

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 • (silām) m

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

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Mazanderani

Interjection

سلام (selâm)

1. hello

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām)

Noun

سلام • (selam)

1. greetings

Descendants

• Turkish: selam

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæˈlɒːm/

• Audio:

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Interjection

Dari	سلام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	салом

سلام • (salâm)

1. hello, hi, hiya

   سلام! ― salâm ― hello!

   سلام علیکم! ― salâm aleykom ― hello! (more formal)

Noun

سلام • (salâm)

1. salutation; greeting
2. (military) salute
3. (Islam) Salam at the end of prayer.

Synonyms

• درود (dorud)

Derived terms

• سلام دادن (salâm dâdan)
• سلام رساندن (salâm resândan)
• سلام کردن (salâm kardan)

See also

• سلام علیکم (salâm aleykom)

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Sindhi

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Interjection

سَلامُ • (salāmu) (Devanagari सलामु)

1. (used by Muslims) hello, hi

Noun

سَلامُ • (salāmu) m (Devanagari सलामु)

1. peace; greeting

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Noun

سلام • (salām) m (Hindi spelling सलाम)

1. salutation
2. greeting
3. peace

See also

• شالوم (šālom)