salin

See also: sälin and šalin

English

Noun

salin (uncountable)

1. (archaic) A salt reddish substance obtained from vegetable ashes during potash manufacture.

Related terms

• saline

Anagrams

• Nilas, Sinla, nails, snail, lains, Lians, sinal, Nails, Lains, Aslin, nilas, anils, slain

Catalan

Verb

salin

1. inflection of salar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧lin

Noun

salin

1. leftovers

Finnish

Noun

salin

1. genitive singular of sali

Anagrams

• lansi, lasin, silan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.lɛ̃/

Adjective

salin (feminine saline, masculine plural salins, feminine plural salines)

1. saline
2. (relational) salt

Derived terms

• marais salin

Noun

salin m (plural salins)

1. salt evaporation pond

Derived terms

• Salin-de-Giraud

Related terms

• salé
• sel

Further reading

• “salin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalɪn]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lin

Verb

salin

1. to pour

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsalin/ [ˈsa.lɪn]
• Rhymes: -alin
• Syllabification: sa‧lin

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay salin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salin (“pour from one vessel into another; translate, interpret”).

Noun

salin (plural salin-salin)

1. (obstetrics, uncommon) birth, delivery (the act of giving birth)

   Synonym: persalinan

2. (chiefly dialectal) spent fish, exhausted as a result of having deposit eggs

Verb

salin (active menyalin, passive disalin)

1. to copy

   Synonym: salinkan

   Berkasnya sudah disalin di percetakan sana.

   The file has been copied at the printing house there.

2. (obsolete) to change, swap

   Synonyms: mengganti, menukar

   Sebelum berangkat, ia harus salin pakaian dulu.

   Before leaving, he had to change his clothes first.

Derived terms

Affixations

• bersalin (“to give birth”)
• penyalin (“copier”)
• penyalinan (“the act of copying”)
• persalinan (“birth, delivery”)
• pesalin (“copier; a kind of clothes; birth, delivery”)
• salinan (“copy”)
• salinkan (“to copy”)
• tersalin (“copied”)

Less common or rare

• bersalin-salin (“to change, swap (repeatedly)”)
• mempersalini (“to give a gift (complete) with clothes”)
• mempersalinkan (“to give a gift (complete) with clothes”)
• menyalini (“to give a gift (complete) with clothes”)
• persalin (“birth, delivery”)

Compounds

• salin jirim
• salin rekat
• salin suara
• salin tempel (“copy paste”)

Etymology 2

Calque of Sundanese nyalin.

Verb

salin

1. (dialectal, Sunda) to prepare the ceremonial equipment, for harvesting paddy complete with offerings

Further reading

• “salin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*salin”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Interlingua

Adjective

salin (comparative plus salin, superlative le plus salin)

1. saline (containing salt(s))

Related terms

• sal

Javanese

Romanization

salin

1. romanization of ꦱꦭꦶꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salin.

Pronunciation

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈsalin/ [ˈsa.lin]
  • Rhymes: -alin
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈsalen/ [ˈsa.len]
  • Rhymes: -alen
• Hyphenation: sa‧lin

Verb

salin (Jawi spelling سالين)

1. To change, to replace.

   Synonyms: ganti, tukar

2. To transfer or move something.

   Synonyms: pindah, alih

3. To copy (a text, etc.).

   Synonym: tiru

4. (obsolete) to translate.

   Synonym: terjemah

5. (dialectal) To pour.

   Synonym: tuang

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penyalin [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penyalinan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• persalin [causative passive] (peR-)
• persalinan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• salinan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menyalin [agent focus] (meN-)
• menyalinkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menyalini [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• disalin [patient focus] (di-)
• disalinkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• disalini [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• mempersalin [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• mempersalinkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• mempersalini [causative agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (mempeR- + -i)
• dipersalin [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
• dipersalinkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)
• dipersalini [causative passive focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (dipeR- + -i)
• tersalin [agentless action] (teR-)
• bersalin [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• bersalin-salin [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: salin (inherited)
• → North Moluccan Malay: saleng (“to pour”)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “سالن salin”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 16-7
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “سالن salin”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 364
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “salin”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 373

Further reading

• “salin”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *salin

Old Javanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.lin/
• Rhymes: -lɪn
• Hyphenation: sa‧lin

Noun

salin

1. change, replacement

Derived terms

• analin
• asalin
• pamisalin
• pasalin
• pinisalinan
• pisalin
• sinalinan
• sumalini

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦭꦶꦤ꧀ (salin) (inherited)

Further reading

• "salin" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French salin.

Adjective

salin m or n (feminine singular salină, masculine plural salini, feminine/neuter plural saline)

1. saline

Declension

Declension of salin

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	salin		salină		salini	saline
	definite	salinul		salina		salinii	salinele
genitive- dative	indefinite	salin		saline		salini	saline
	definite	salinului		salinei		salinilor	salinelor

Sundanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salin.

Verb

salin (Sundanese script ᮞᮜᮤᮔ᮪, active nyalin)

1. to exchange, swap
2. to change (clothes)
3. to change
4. to copy
5. to translate

   Synonym: tarjamah

Derived terms

• dipisalin
• disalin
• misalin
• nyalin
• nyalinan
• pasalinan
• pisalin
• salinan
• sasalin

Further reading

• "SALIN", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Tagalog

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsalin/ [ˈsaː.lɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -alin
• Syllabification: sa‧lin

Noun

salin (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. pouring from one container to another

   Synonyms: liwat, pagliliwat

2. translation (from one language to another)

   Synonyms: traduksiyon, pagsasalin, translasyon

3. copy; copying

   Synonyms: kopya, sipi, pagkopya, pagsipi

4. endorsement from one office to another (of a document, circular, communication, etc.)

   Synonyms: endoso, paglilipat

5. turning over of an office or position to the successor
6. blood transfusion

Derived terms

• isalin
• magkasalin-salin
• magsalin
• mapasalin
• masalin
• pagsasalin
• salinlahi
• salintao
• salinwika
• tagapagsalin
• tagasalin

See also

• sali

Anagrams

• lisan, alsin

Waray-Waray

Noun

salín

1. leftover; leftover food
2. excess; surplus

Derived terms

• salini