Selma
English
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Etymology
Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, or from the name of a place in the James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of epic poems, itself from Scottish Gaelic sealladh + math (“good vision”). In some cases perhaps borrowed from Turkish Selma, from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Selma
- A female given name.
- A surname
- A city in Alabama; the county seat of Dallas County; named for James Macpherson's Ossianic poem The Songs of Selma.
- A city in California; named for early resident Selma Michelson.
- A city in Texas.
- A town in North Carolina; named for the city in Alabama.
- A town in Indiana.
- A census-designated place in Oregon.
- A census-designated place in Virginia.
- A village in Graubünden canton, Switzerland.
- A community of Nova Scotia.
- An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the place in the Ossian cycle.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
Translations
female given name
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village in Switzerland
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Anagrams
- EMALS, Lemas, MELAS, Salem, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, melas, mesal, semla
Danish
Proper noun
Selma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Selma.
Estonian
Proper noun
Selma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Selma.
Faroese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Selma f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Selma: Selmuson
- daughter of Selma: Selmudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Selma |
Accusative | Selmu |
Dative | Selmu |
Genitive | Selmu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Selma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Selma.
Declension
Inflection of Selma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Selma | Selmat | |
genitive | Selman | Selmojen | |
partitive | Selmaa | Selmoja | |
illative | Selmaan | Selmoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Selma | Selmat | |
accusative | nom. | Selma | Selmat |
gen. | Selman | ||
genitive | Selman | Selmojen Selmain rare | |
partitive | Selmaa | Selmoja | |
inessive | Selmassa | Selmoissa | |
elative | Selmasta | Selmoista | |
illative | Selmaan | Selmoihin | |
adessive | Selmalla | Selmoilla | |
ablative | Selmalta | Selmoilta | |
allative | Selmalle | Selmoille | |
essive | Selmana | Selmoina | |
translative | Selmaksi | Selmoiksi | |
abessive | Selmatta | Selmoitta | |
instructive | — | Selmoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Selma f
- a female given name
Declension
declension of Selma
Norwegian
Proper noun
Selma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Selma.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Selma f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Selma
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish Selma), from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).
Proper noun
Selma f (Cyrillic spelling Селма)
- a female given name
Swedish
Proper noun
Selma c (genitive Selmas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Selma.
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English, from various similar-sounding female given names.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Sel‧ma
Proper noun
Selma
- a female given name from English
Turkish
Etymology
Proper noun
Selma
- a female given name from Arabic
Categories:
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms borrowed from Turkish
- English terms derived from Turkish
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English surnames
- en:Cities in Alabama, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Alabama, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in California, USA
- en:Places in California, USA
- English eponyms
- en:Cities in Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Towns in North Carolina, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- en:Towns in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Oregon, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Villages in Switzerland
- en:Places in Switzerland
- en:Villages
- en:Unincorporated communities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Iowa, USA
- en:Places in Iowa, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛlma
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elmɑ
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlma
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic female given names
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Arabic
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian given names
- Serbo-Croatian female given names
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog given names
- Tagalog female given names
- Tagalog female given names from English
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish female given names
- Turkish female given names from Arabic