سليمان

See also: سلیمان‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ‎ (š'lêmōn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה‎ (šĕlōmōʰ) via Koine Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn). Imported into Arabic as a diminutive form of the preexisting Arabic name سَلْمَان‎ (salmān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.laj.maːn/

Proper noun

سُلَيْمَان • (sulaymān) m

1. Solomon
2. a male given name, Sulayman, Suleiman

Declension

Declension of noun سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سُلَيْمَان sulaymān	—
Nominative	—	سُلَيْمَانُ sulaymānu	—
Accusative	—	سُلَيْمَانَ sulaymāna	—
Genitive	—	سُلَيْمَانَ sulaymāna	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Süleyman
• → Chinese: → 蘇萊曼／苏莱曼 (Sūláimàn) (transliteration)
• → English: Suleiman
• → Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen)
• → Persian: سلیمان‎
• → Portuguese: Soeima
• → Turkish: Süleyman
• → Spanish: Zulema

See also

• (Islamic prophets) آدَم‎ (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس‎ (ʔidrīs), نُوح‎ (nūḥ), هُود‎ (hūd), صَالِح‎ (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم‎ (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط‎ (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل‎ (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق‎ (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب‎ (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف‎ (yūsuf), أَيُّوب‎ (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل‎ (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب‎ (šuʕayb), مُوسَى‎ (mūsā), هَارُون‎ (hārūn), دَاوُد‎ (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس‎ (yūnus), إِلْيَاس‎ (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع‎ (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا‎ (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى‎ (yaḥyā), عِيسَى‎ (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد‎ (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}