ሰላም

Amharic

Etymology

From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəlam/

Noun

ሰላም • (sälam) ?

1. peace
2. hello

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).

Noun

ሰላም • (sälam) m or f

1. peace
2. security, safety, incolumity
3. 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) ?

1. 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)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 168a

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šəlāmā).

Noun

ሰላም • (sälam) ?

1. peace
2. hello