ሰላም
Amharic
Etymology
From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsəlam/
Noun
ሰላም • (sälam) ?
- peace
- hello
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).
Noun
ሰላም • (sälam) m or f
- peace
- security, safety, incolumity
- greeting
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ሰላም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 322–323
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 175
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ሰላም”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 499b
Tigre
Etymology
From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).
Noun
ሰላም • (sälam) ?
- greeting
Derived terms
- ሰላመት (sälamät, “greeting”)
- ሰለመ (sällämä, “to greet”)
- መሰላላም (mässälalam, “mutual greeting”)
- ትሳለመ (təsalämä, “to afford greeting”)
- ትሰላለመ (təsälalämä, “to afford greeting to each other”)
References
- Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “ሰላም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 168a
Tigrinya
Etymology
From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).
Noun
ሰላም • (sälam) ?
- peace
- hello