صلاح

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

صَلَاح • (ṣalāḥ) m

1. verbal noun of صَلُحَ (ṣaluḥa) (form I)
2. verbal noun of صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa) (form I)
3. goodness, righteousness

Declension

Declension of noun صَلَاح (ṣalāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَلَاح ṣalāḥ	الصَّلَاح aṣ-ṣalāḥ	صَلَاح ṣalāḥ
Nominative	صَلَاحٌ ṣalāḥun	الصَّلَاحُ aṣ-ṣalāḥu	صَلَاحُ ṣalāḥu
Accusative	صَلَاحًا ṣalāḥan	الصَّلَاحَ aṣ-ṣalāḥa	صَلَاحَ ṣalāḥa
Genitive	صَلَاحٍ ṣalāḥin	الصَّلَاحِ aṣ-ṣalāḥi	صَلَاحِ ṣalāḥi

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: Սալահ (Salah)
• → French: Slah
• → Classical Persian: صلاح (salāh)
  • → Ahirani: सल्ला (sallā)
  • → Bagheli: सल्लाह (sallāh)
  • → Bengali: সলা (śola)
  • → Bhojpuri: salāh

    Devanagari script: सलाह

    Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂪𑂰𑂯

  • → Braj: सलाह (salāh)
  • → Bundeli: सला (salā), सलाय (salāy)
  • → Chhattisgarhi: सल्लाह (sallāh)
  • → Dogri: salāh

    Devanagari script: सलाह्

    Dogra script: 𑠩𑠥𑠬𑠪𑠹

  • → Garhwali: सला (salā)
  • → Gojri: صَلَاح (salāh)
  • → Gujarati: સલાહ (salāh)
  • → Hindustani: salāh

    Hindi: सलाह

    Urdu: صَلَاح (salāh)

  • → Kannada: ಸಲಹೆ (salahe)
  • → Konkani:

    Devanagari script: सल्लो

    Kannada script: ಸಲಹಾ

    Latin script: sol’lo

  • → Maithili: salāh

    Devanagari script: सलाह

    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒪𑒰𑒯

  • → Malvi: सल्ला (sallā), सला (salā)
  • → Marathi: sallā

    Devanagari script: सल्ला

    Modi script: 𑘭𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘰

  • → Marwari:

    Devanagari script: सला (salā), सलाह (salāh)

    Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅮 (sl), 𑅰𑅮𑅱 (slh)

  • → Nepali: सल्लाह (sallāha)
  • → Odia: ସଲା (salā)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸਲਾਹ (salāh)

    Shahmukhi script: صَلاح (ṣalāḥ)

  • → Saraiki:

    Devanagari script: सलाह (salāh)

    Multani script: 𑊥𑊣𑊦 (slh)

    Shahmukhi script: صَلاح (ṣalāḥ)

  • → Sindhi: salaha, salāha

    Arabic script: صَلَحَ, صَلاحَ

    Devanagari script: सलह, सलाह

    Khudawadi script: 𑋝𑋚𑋞, 𑋝𑋚𑋠𑋞

  • → Telugu: సలహా (salahā)
  • → Varhadi: sallā

    Devanagari script: सल्ला

    Modi script: 𑘭𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘰

Etymology 2

Adjective

صُلَّاح • (ṣullāḥ) m pl

1. masculine plural of صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاح (ṣalāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ˈlɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.lɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	salāh
Dari reading?	salāh
Iranian reading?	salâh
Tajik reading?	saloh

Noun

صلاح • (salâh)

1. good, goodness
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 98”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     اگر به مذهب تو خون عاشق است مباح
     صلاح ما همه آن است کان تو راست صلاح

     agar ba mazhab-i tu xūn-i āšiq ast mubāh
     salāh-i mā hama ān ast k-ān tu rā-st salāh

     If [spilling] the lover's blood is permitted in your religion,
     What is good for all of us is what is good for you.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   1. goodness, rectitude, moral probity
   2. good, welfare

Adjective

صلاح • (salâh)

1. advisable, prudent

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صلاح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic صلاح (ṣalāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.lɑːɦ/

Noun

صلاح • (salāh) f (Hindi spelling सलाह)

1. advice, counsel

   Synonyms: نَصِیحَت (nasīhat), اُپْدیش (updeś), تَجْویز (tajvez), مَشْوَرَہ (maśvara)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu صلاح (salāh).

Noun

صلاح (salāh)

1. advice, counsel