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سلم

Pronunciation: /silm/

“سلم” is an Arabic word. Its 17 meanings in English:

noun

  1. peace
  2. submission, surrender
  3. ladder, stairs
  4. stones
  5. Vachellia flava syn. Acacia ehrenbergiana (species of drought-resistant trees in the genus Vachellia)
  6. captives
  7. futures contract, time bargain, forward transaction

adjective

  1. peaceful
  2. in peace

verb

  1. to be safe, to be well
  2. to be free (from); to become free (from), to escape (from)
  3. to surrender
  4. to submit to, to be submissive to; to succumb, to yield or to surrender to
  5. to greet (with عَلَى (ʕalā))
  6. to make safe, to keep safe, to protect
  7. to hand over, to deliver
  8. to admit, to concede, to grant

Etymology

From Aramaic סוּלַם (sulam), with influence from Hebrew סֻלָּם (sullām) – compare against Classical Syriac ܣܒܠܬܐ (sebbelṯā) and Classical Mandaic ࡎࡅࡌࡁࡉࡋࡕࡀ (sumbiltā) – from Akkadian 𒄑𒄿𒇻 (simmiltum, “stair; stairs; ladder”).

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