सलाम

See also: सलामी and सलामु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلام (salām), from Arabic سَلَام (salām). Compare Punjabi ਸਲਾਮ (salām) / سَلام (salām), Sindhi سَلامُ / सलामु, Gujarati સલામ (salām), Marathi सलाम (salām), Bengali সালাম (salam), Telugu సలాము (salāmu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.lɑːm/, [sɐ.lä̃ːm]

Interjection

सलाम • (salām) (Urdu spelling سَلَام)

1. (chiefly among Muslims) hello, greetings!

   Synonyms: नमस्ते (namaste), नमस्कार (namaskār), हेलो (helo), सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum)

Noun

सलाम • (salām) m (Urdu spelling سَلَام)

1. salutation, greeting
2. a military salute
3. (literally, rare) peace

Declension

Declension of सलाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सलाम salām	सलाम salām
oblique	सलाम salām	सलामों salāmõ
vocative	सलाम salām	सलामो salāmo

Derived terms

• सलाम करना (salām karnā, “to greet; to salute”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सलाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 994

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلام (salām), from Arabic سَلَام (salām). Compare Gujarati સલામ (salām), Hindustani سَلَام (salām) / सलाम (salām), Telugu సలాము (salāmu), Sindhi سَلامُ / सलामु, Punjabi ਸਲਾਮ (salām) / سَلام (salām), Bengali সালাম (salam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.lam/

Noun

सलाम • (salām) m

1. salutation, salute

Derived terms

• सलामी (salāmī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सलाम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सलाम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सलाम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).