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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
се́лем • (sélem) m inan
- instrumental singular of сель (selʹ)
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace; hello”).
Noun
селем • (selem)
- hello
References
* Лексические заимствования в алтайском языке из неродственных языков. "Leksic borrowing from not relative languages in altai language". (2007)