Solomon

Solomon

English

Etymology

From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה‎ (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם‎ (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒləmən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑləmən/

Proper noun

Solomon (countable and uncountable, plural Solomons)

1. (biblical) In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Kings 4:34:

     And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

2. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
3. (countable) A surname from Hebrew.

Derived terms

• Solomon equations

Translations

king of Israel

Afrikaans: Salomo Amharic: ሰሎሞን (sälomon) Arabic: سُلَيْمَان‎ (ar) m (sulaymān), سُلَيْمٰن‎ m (sulaymān) (archaic) Aramaic: Syriac: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ‎ Armenian: Սողոմոն (Sołomon) Azerbaijani: Süleyman (az) Belarusian: Саламо́н m (Salamón) Bengali: সোলেমান (soleman) Catalan: Salomó (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 所羅門, 所罗门 (so2 lo4 mun4), 撒羅滿, 撒罗满 (saat3 lo4 mun5) (Roman Catholicism) Mandarin: 所羅門／所罗门 (zh) (Suǒluómén), 撒羅滿／撒罗满 (zh) (Sāluómǎn) (Roman Catholicism), 索洛蒙 (Suǒluòméng) (Orthodox) Czech: Šalamoun (cs) m Danish: Salomo Dutch: Salomo (nl) Esperanto: Salomono Estonian: Saalomon Finnish: Salomo (fi) French: Salomon (fr), Solayman Old French: Salemon Galician: Salomón (gl) German: Salomo m, Salomon (de) m, Solomon m Greek: Σολομών (el) m (Solomón) Ancient: Σολομών m (Solomṓn) Haitian Creole: Salomon Hausa: Sulemanu Hawaiian: Solomona Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה‎ (he) m (sh'lomo) Hindi: सुलेमान (hi) m (sulemān) Hungarian: Salamon (hu) Indonesian: Sulaiman Italian: Salomone (it) m Japanese: ソロモン (Soromon) Kapampangan: Suleman, Solomon Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen) Korean: 솔로몬 (Sollomon) Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman) Latin: Salomon m Macedonian: Соломон m (Solomon) Malay: Sulaiman Manchu: ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠮᠣᠩ (solomong) Maore Comorian: Sulaimana Ngazidja Comorian: Sulaimana Norwegian: Salomo Pashto: سليمان‎ m Persian: سلیمان‎ (fa) (soleymân) Polish: Salomon (pl) m Portuguese: Salomão (pt) m Romanian: Solomon Russian: Соломо́н (ru) m (Solomón) Sicilian: Salamuni m Spanish: Salomón (es) Swedish: Salomo (sv) Tajik: Сулаймон (tg) (Sulaymon) Thai: โซโลมอน (soo-loo-mɔɔn) Turkish: Süleyman (tr) Ukrainian: Соломо́н m (Solomón) Urdu: سلیمان‎ m (sulemān) Uzbek: Sulaymon Yiddish: שלמה‎ (Shloyme)

male given name

Albanian: Sulejman m Amharic: ሱለይማን m (suläyman) Arabic: سُلَيْمَان‎ (ar) (sulaymān) Armenian: Սողոմոն (Sołomon) Azerbaijani: Süleyman (az) Bashkir: Сөләймән (Söläymän) Belarusian: Саламо́н m (Salamón) Bengali: সুলাইমান (sulaiman) Breton: Salaun m Bulgarian: Сюлейма́н m (Sjulejmán) Catalan: Salomó (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 所羅門／所罗门 (zh) (Suǒluómén) Finnish: Salomo (fi), Salomon (fi) Galician: Salomón (gl) Greek: Σολομών (el) m (Solomón), Σουλεϊμάν (el) m (Souleïmán) Ancient: Σολομών m (Solomṓn) Greenlandic: Saalu Haitian Creole: Salomon Hausa: Sulemanu Hawaiian: Kolomona Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה‎ (he) m (sh'lomo) Hungarian: Salamon (hu) Kapampangan: Suleman, Solomon Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سِلێمان‎ (silêman) Kyrgyz: Сулейман (Suleyman) Malay: Sulaiman, Suleman, Leman Persian: سلیمان‎ (fa) (soleymân) Polish: Salomon (pl) m Portuguese: Salomão (pt) m Romanian: Solomon Russian: Соломо́н (ru) m (Solomón), Сулейма́н (ru) m (Sulejmán) Sicilian: Salamuni m Tajik: Сулаймон (tg) (Sulaymon) Tatar: Сөләйман (Söläyman) Turkish: Süleyman (tr) Turkmen: Süleýman Uzbek: Sulaymon

Noun

Solomon (plural Solomons)

1. A person of unusual wisdom.
2. A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of about 20 liters, equivalent to 28 standard bottles.

See also

• Slimane
• Solomon Islands

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה‎ (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם‎ (šālōm, “peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo.moːn/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪ɔmoːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo.mon/, [ˈsɔːlomon]

Proper noun

Solomōn m sg (genitive Solomōnis); third declension

1. Solomon

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Solomōn
Genitive	Solomōnis
Dative	Solomōnī
Accusative	Solomōnem
Ablative	Solomōne
Vocative	Solomōn

Descendants

• → English: Solomon

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Соломонъ (Solomonŭ).

Proper noun

Solomon m

1. A village in Gârbou, Sălaj, Romania
2. a surname