Selam

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Sê‧lam

Noun

Selam (first-person possessive Selamku, second-person possessive Selammu, third-person possessive Selamnya)

  1. (colloquial, religion, Islam) Islam.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Min Nan: 息坔

Further reading

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām). Cognate with Indonesian Selam

Noun

Selam

  1. (religion) Islam.
  2. (religion) Muslim.
    • c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:
      "...pahi éléh ku Selam."
      "...everyone was defeated by the Muslims."