Selma

See also: šelma

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, from Germanic ans "god" and helm "helmet". 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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlmə/

Proper nounEdit

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!

2. A surname​.
3. A city in Alabama, USA, and the county seat of Dallas County.
4. A city in California
5. A town in Indiana
6. A town in North Carolina
7. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada
8. A village in Switzerland
9. A city in Texas
10. A census-designated place in Virginia

TranslationsEdit

female given name

• Arabic: سَلْمَى‏‎ f (salmā)
• Danish: Selma
• Faroese: Selma f
• Finnish: Selma (fi)
• Icelandic: Selma (is) f
• Norwegian: Selma (no)
• Persian: سلما‏‎ f (Salmâ)
• Portuguese: Selma f

• Russian: Сельма (ru) f (Selʹma), Сальма f (Salʹma)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Селма f

  Roman: Selma f

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

AnagramsEdit

• EMALS, Lemas, Salem, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, melas, mesal, semla

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DanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Selma

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

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Proper nounEdit

Selma f

1. A female given name

Usage notesEdit

Matronymics

• son of Selma: Selmuson
• daughter of Selma: Selmudóttir

DeclensionEdit

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Selma
Accusative	Selmu
Dative	Selmu
Genitive	Selmu

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈselmɑ]
• Rhymes: -elmɑ
• Hyphenation: Sel‧ma

Proper nounEdit

Selma

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

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of Selma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Selma	Selmat
genitive		Selman	Selmojen
partitive		Selmaa	Selmoja
illative		Selmaan	Selmoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Selma	Selmat
accusative	nom.	Selma	Selmat
	gen.	Selman
genitive		Selman	Selmojen Selmainrare
partitive		Selmaa	Selmoja
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

AnagramsEdit

• Salme

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IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Proper nounEdit

Selma f

1. A female given name

DeclensionEdit

declension of Selma

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

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NorwegianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Selma

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

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.mɐ/

Proper nounEdit

Selma f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Selma

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish Selma), from Arabic سَلْمَى‏ (salmā).

Proper nounEdit

Selma f (Cyrillic spelling Селма)

1. A female given name

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SwedishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Selma

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

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic سَلْمَى‏ (salmā).

Proper nounEdit

Selma

1. A female given name