Selma

English

Etymology

Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma etc. were in vogue. It is a place name in the Poems of Ossian, but at least a part of the name-givers must have been aware of the Turkish name Selma, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name.
   • 1765 James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz 1847, page 253:

     Happy are thy people, O Fingal! king of resounding Selma!

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: سلمى (ar) (salmā) f
• Danish: Selma (da)
• Faroese: Selma (fo) f
• Finnish: Selma (fi)
• Icelandic: Selma (is) f
• Norwegian: Selma (no)
• Persian: سلما (fa) (salmā) f

• Russian: Сельма (ru) (Sel’ma) f, Сальма (ru) (Sal’ma) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Селма (sh) f

  Roman: Selma (sh) f

• Spanish: Salma (es) f
• Swedish: Selma (sv)
• Turkish: Selma (tr) f

Anagrams

• amels, lames, lamés, males, meals, mesal, Salem, semla

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Danish

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Proper noun

Selma f

1. A female given name

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Selma
Accusative	Selmu
Dative	Selmu
Genitive	Selmu

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈselmɑ]
• Rhymes: -elmɑ
• Hyphenation: Sel‧ma

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

Declension

Declension of Selma (type kala) singular plural nominative Selma Selmat genitive Selman Selmojen Selmain1 partitive Selmaa Selmoja accusative Selma Selman Selmat inessive Selmassa Selmoissa elative Selmasta Selmoista illative Selmaan Selmoihin adessive Selmalla Selmoilla ablative Selmalta Selmoilta allative Selmalle Selmoille essive Selmana Selmoina translative Selmaksi Selmoiksi instructive – Selmoin abessive Selmatta Selmoitta comitative – Selmoineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• Salme

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Proper noun

Selma f

1. A female given name

Declension

declension of Selma

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Selma
accusative	Selmu
dative	Selmu
genitive	Selmu

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Turkish Selma, from Arabic سلمى (salmā).

Proper noun

Selma f (Cyrillic spelling Селма)

1. A female given name

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Swedish

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سلمى (salmā).

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name