Selim
Appearance
See also: selim
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سليم (salīm). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
Proper noun
[edit]Selim (plural Selims)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Selim is the 34272nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 662 individuals. Selim is most common among White (79.61%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (9.67%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Selim”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Swedish Selim, from Arabic سليم; partly also from forms of Anselmi.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Selim
- a male given name from Arabic
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Selim (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Selim | Selimit | |
| genitive | Selimin | Selimien | |
| partitive | Selimiä | Selimejä | |
| illative | Selimiin | Selimeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Selim | Selimit | |
| accusative | nom. | Selim | Selimit |
| gen. | Selimin | ||
| genitive | Selimin | Selimien | |
| partitive | Selimiä | Selimejä | |
| inessive | Selimissä | Selimeissä | |
| elative | Selimistä | Selimeistä | |
| illative | Selimiin | Selimeihin | |
| adessive | Selimillä | Selimeillä | |
| ablative | Selimiltä | Selimeiltä | |
| allative | Selimille | Selimeille | |
| essive | Seliminä | Selimeinä | |
| translative | Selimiksi | Selimeiksi | |
| abessive | Selimittä | Selimeittä | |
| instructive | — | Selimein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- The given name Selim belongs to 111 male individuals (and as a middle name to 202 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Selim c (genitive Selims)
- a male given name from Arabic سليم
Turkish
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلیم (Selîm), from Arabic سَلِيم (salīm).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Selim
- a male given name from Arabic
- a town and district of Kars Province, Turkey
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Selim | Selimler |
| definite accusative | Selim'i | Selimleri |
| dative | Selim'e | Selimlere |
| locative | Selim'de | Selimlerde |
| ablative | Selim'den | Selimlerden |
| genitive | Selim'in | Selimlerin |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Selim'im | Selimlerim |
| senin (your) | Selim'in | Selimlerin |
| onun (his/her/its) | Selim'i | Selimleri |
| bizim (our) | Selim'imiz | Selimlerimiz |
| sizin (your) | Selim'iniz | Selimleriniz |
| onların (their) | Selim'i Selimleri |
Selimleri |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Selim”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root س ل م
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Arabic
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elim
- Rhymes:Finnish/elim/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish male given names from Arabic
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- Swedish male given names from Arabic
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root س ل م
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish male given names
- Turkish male given names from Arabic
- tr:Towns in Kars Province, Turkey
- tr:Towns in Turkey
- tr:Districts of Kars Province, Turkey
- tr:Places in Kars Province, Turkey
- tr:Places in Turkey
