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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
Interjection
सलाम • (salām) (Urdu spelling سَلَام)
- (chiefly among Muslims) hello, greetings!
- Synonyms: नमस्ते (namaste), नमस्कार (namaskār), हेलो (helo), सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum)
Noun
सलाम • (salām) m (Urdu spelling سَلَام)
- salutation, greeting
- a military salute
- (literally, rare) peace
Declension
Declension of सलाम (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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सलाम salām
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सलाम salām
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oblique
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सलाम salām
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सलामों salāmõ
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vocative
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सलाम salām
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सलामो salāmo
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Derived terms
- सलाम करना (salām karnā, “to greet; to salute”)
References
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
Noun
सलाम • (salām) m
- salutation, salute
Derived terms
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 (1932-1950) “सलाम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).