selam

See also: Selam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay selam, from Classical Malay selam, from Proto-Austronesian *selem₁ (“sink, immerse oneself in water, dive into the water; to set, of the sun”). Compare Bikol Central salom and Cebuano salom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈlam/, [səˈlam]
• Hyphenation: se‧lam
• Rhymes: -əlam, -lam, -am, -m

Verb

selam

1. to dive

Conjugation

Conjugation of selam (meng-, intransitive)

root	selam
	active	passive		imperative colloquial	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
active	menyelam	terselam	diselam	selam	selamlah
locative	menyelami	terselami	diselami	selami	selamilah
perfective causative / applicative2	menyelamkan	terselamkan	diselamkan	selamkan	selamkanlah
	causative
active	memperselam	terperselam	diperselam	perselam	perselamlah
locative	memperselami	terperselami	diperselami	perselami	perselamilah
perfective causative / applicative2	memperselamkan	terperselamkan	diperselamkan	perselamkan	perselamkanlah

¹ There is other form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• penyelam
• penyelaman
• peselam

• selam dangkal
• selam permukaan
• selam skuba

Further reading

• “selam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *selem₁

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *selem₁ (“sink, immerse oneself in water, dive into the water; to set, of the sun”). Compare Bikol Central salom and Cebuano salom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səlam/
• Rhymes: -əlam, -lam, -am

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Verb

selam (Jawi spelling سلم)

1. to dive

   Itam telah menyelam ke dalam kolam itu seorang diri.

   Itam dived into that pool by himself.

Derived terms

• kapal selam
• menyelam
• penyelaman

Further reading

• “selam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *selem₁

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Other) /sæɫaːm/

Noun

selam m

1. Alternative form of silav

Portuguese

Verb

selam

1. third-person plural present indicative of selar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلام (selam), from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.lam/

Interjection

selam

1. hi

Noun

selam (definite accusative selamı, plural selamlar)

1. "hello" or an equivalent greeting

Declension

Declension of selam

	singular	plural
nominative	selam	selamlar
definite accusative	selamı	selamları
dative	selama	selamlara
locative	selamda	selamlarda
ablative	selamdan	selamlardan
genitive	selamın	selamların

See also

• selam vermek
• selamlamak
• selamlaşmak
• selam söylemek