selam
Turkish
/selam/
interjection
Definitions
- hi
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلام derived from Arabic سَلَام (peace, hello).
Origin
Arabic
سَلَام
Gloss
peace, hello
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
✌️ 🕊️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- salaam English
- س ل م Arabic
- سَلَام Arabic
- सलाम Hindi
- سلام Persian
- сәлем Kazakh
- salam Azerbaijani
- سلام Ottoman Turkish
- სალამი Georgian
- 色蘭 Chinese
- 薩拉姆 Chinese
- salaam Swahili
- sliem Maltese
- সালাম Bengali
- سلام Urdu
- سالام Uighur, Uyghur
- *šalām- Proto-Semitic
- سلام Panjabi, Punjabi
- salam ms-cla
- سلام Sindhi
- सलामु Sindhi
- σελάμι Cappadocian Greek