salma

See also: Salma

Catalan

Alternative forms

• sauma

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈsal.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsal.ma]

Noun

salma f (plural salmes)

1. (archaic) burden, load

   Synonyms: càrrega, somada

2. (historical) measure of capacity considered the maximum a pack animal could carry (in Barcelona equal to 278 liters)

Derived terms

• salmer

Related terms

• somada
• somer

Further reading

• “salma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin sauma, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare the doublet soma (“load, burden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.ma/
• Rhymes: -alma
• Hyphenation: sàl‧ma

Noun

salma f (plural salme)

1. body, corpse
2. remains

Derived terms

• salmeria

Further reading

• “salma”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• slama

Oromo

Noun

salma

1. sexual intercourse, copulation

Turkish

Etymology

By surface analysis, salmak + -ma.

Noun

salma

1. verbal noun of salmak
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Further reading

• “salma”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “salma”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı