selam

See also: Selam

Betawi

Proper noun

selam

1. alternative letter-case form of Selam (“Islam; Muslim; ethnic Betawi”)

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “selam”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 414

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay selam, from Classical Malay selam, from Proto-Austronesian *selem₁ (“sink, immerse oneself in water, dive into the water; to set, of the sun”). Compare Central Bikol salom and Cebuano salom.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈlam/ [səˈlam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: se‧lam

Verb

selam

1. (intransitive, uncommon) to dive

Noun

selam (plural selam-selam)

1. diving, underwear diving

   Synonym: penyelaman

Derived terms

• penyelam
• penyelaman
• peselam

• selam dangkal
• selam permukaan
• selam skuba

Further reading

• “selam”, 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
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *selem₁

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *selem₁ (“sink, immerse oneself in water, dive into the water; to set, of the sun”). Compare Central Bikol salom and Cebuano salom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səlam/
• Rhymes: -am

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Verb

selam (Jawi spelling سلم)

1. to dive

   Itam telah menyelam ke dalam kolam itu seorang diri.

   Itam dived into that pool by himself.

Derived terms

• kapal selam
• menyelam
• penyelaman

Further reading

• "selam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "selam" at PRPM first version)
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *selem₁

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Other) /sæɫaːm/

Noun

selam m

1. alternative form of silav

Portuguese

Verb

selam

1. third-person plural present indicative of selar

Turkish

Alternative forms

• slm

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلام (selam), from Old Anatolian Turkish سلام, from Arabic سَلَام (salām) (the sense 'greeting' of the Arabic word is likely a semantic loan from Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā), compare its Hebrew cognate שלום (shalóm, “hello”)), likely via Classical Persian سلام (salām).

Cognate with Gagauz seläm (“hi”), and Azerbaijani salam (“hi, hello”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (noun) /seˈlam/, (noun, definite accusative) /se.laːˈmɯ/, (greeting) /ˈse.lam/
• Hyphenation: se‧lam

Interjection

selam

1. hi

Noun

selam (definite accusative selamı, plural selamlar)

1. "hello" or an equivalent greeting

Declension

Declension of selam

	singular	plural
nominative	selam	selamlar
definite accusative	selamı	selamları
dative	selama	selamlara
locative	selamda	selamlarda
ablative	selamdan	selamlardan
genitive	selamın	selamların

See also

• selam vermek
• selamlamak
• selamlaşmak
• selam söylemek

Further reading

• “selam”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu