صلیب

See also: صليب and صليت

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒁇 (ṣalāpu)bor.

Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā)bor.

Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb)bor.

Persian صلیب

Borrowed from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb), borrowed from Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā), borrowed from Akkadian 𒁇 (ṣalāpu, “to cross out, to pervert; to give difficulty or be crooked, not be easy or straight”). Doublet of چلیپا (čalipâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈliːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.líːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.líːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.líːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.líb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.líːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.líb]

Readings
Classical reading?	salīb
Dari reading?	salīb
Iranian reading?	salib
Tajik reading?	salib

Noun

صلیب • (salīb / salib) (plural صلیب‌ها (salīb-hā / salib-hâ), Tajik spelling салиб)

1. cross, crucifix, cruciform

   Synonym: چلیپا (čalipâ)

Derived terms

• صلیب سرخ (salib-e sorx)
• صلیب شکسته (salib-e šekaste)
• صلیب مسیحی (salib-e masihi)
• صلیبی (salibi)

Descendants

• Tajik: салиб (salib)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सलीब (salīb)

  Urdu: صَلِیب (salīb)

• → Punjabi: ਸਲੀਬ (salīb)
• → Uzbek: salib

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒁇 (ṣalāpu)bor.

Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā)bor.

Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb)bor.

Classical Persian صَلِیب (salīb)bor.

Urdu صلیب

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَلِیب (salīb), borrowed from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb), borrowed from Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā), borrowed from Akkadian 𒁇 (ṣalāpu, “to cross out, to pervert; to give difficulty or be crooked, not be easy or straight”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.liːb/
• Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

صَلِیب • (salīb) f (Hindi spelling सलीब)

1. (Christianity, Islam) crucifix
2. cross, cruciform

Declension

Declension of صلیب

	singular	plural
direct	صَلِیب (salīb)	صَلِیبیں (salībẽ)
oblique	صَلِیب (salīb)	صَلِیبوں (salībõ)
vocative	صَلِیب (salīb)	صَلِیبو (salībo)

Derived terms

• صَلِیبِی (salībī)
• مَسِیحِی صَلِیب (masīhī salīb)

References

• “صلیب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صلیب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.