салам

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Bulgarian

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Шпеков испански салам

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salame, via Ottoman Turkish. Cognate with modern Turkish salam, Greek σαλάμι (salámi).

Pronunciation

Noun

сала́м (salámm

  1. salami (salted smoked sausage)
  2. (by generalization) any cured sausage
    Synonym: колба́с (kolbás)

Declension

Related terms

References

  • салам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • салам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Chuvash

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace). Compare Turkish selam (hello).

Interjection

салам (salam)

  1. hello
    Пурне те хӗрӳллӗ салам!Purne t̬e h̬ĕrüllĕ salam!A warm hello to all!

Noun

салам (salam)

  1. greeting
    салам ярsalam jarto send a greeting
  2. bow, curtsey
  3. (in expressions) peace
    Салам алейккӗм!Salam alejkkĕm!Peace be upon you!

References

  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “салам”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 8
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “салам”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 176

Further reading

  • салам”, in Электронлă сăмахсар (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Pronunciation

Interjection

салам (salam)

  1. (informal) hello

See also

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, peace)

Interjection

сала́м (salám)

  1. salaam (greeting in a Muslim context)

Etymology 2

See the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

са́лам (sálamn inan pl

  1. dative plural of са́ло (sálo)

See also