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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلامت (selamet), from Arabic سَلَامَة (salāma).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /selaˈmet/
- Rhymes: -et
- Hyphenation: se‧la‧mét
Noun
selamet m (definite selameti) (uncountable)
- (archaic, colloquial) good outcome, well-being, salvage, success
- Synonym: shpëtim
- doli në selamet ― he got saved
References
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “selamet”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 417
Further reading
- “selamet”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “selamet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سلامت (selamet), from Arabic سَلَامَة (salāma).
Pronunciation
Noun
selamet (definite accusative selameti, plural selametler)
- well-being
Declension