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سالم — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition

sālím
Pronunciation:Standard: /sālím/
Adjectiveplural: سالمېOrigin: Arabic → PashtoVerified sense 1
Quick Lexicographical Summary · چټک تعریف او پېژندنه

سالم (sālím) is a Pashto adj meaning “healthy, unscathed, unharmed” in English او په اردو کې د «خوب، تندرست» معنی لري. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards, plural form سالمې, and 6 verified thesaurus relations.

Meanings13

ماناوې او تعریفونه
1
healthy, unscathed, unharmed[medical]
خوب، تندرست
Example in context:

هغه یو سالم او تندرست ژوند لری.

“He has a healthy and sound life.”

وہ ایک صحت مند اور تندرست زندگی گزارتا ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: medicalStatus: verified
2
Silver, p. Wire of any kind,[classical]
Example in context:

د دې ودانۍ بنسټونه اوس هم سالم دی.

“The foundations of this building are still intact.”

اس عمارت کی بنیادیں اب بھی سلامت ہیں۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified
3
benign[medical]
Example in context:

هغه یو سالم او تندرست ژوند لری.

“He has a healthy and sound life.”

وہ ایک صحت مند اور تندرست زندگی گزارتا ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: medicalStatus: verified
4
healthy, sound, whole, intact, well[medical]
Example in context:

د دې ودانۍ بنسټونه اوس هم سالم دی.

“The foundations of this building are still intact.”

اس عمارت کی بنیادیں اب بھی سلامت ہیں۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: medicalStatus: verified
5
health[medical]
Example in context:

دا د سترګو د سالم ساتلو لپاره خورا ګټور دی

“These are very beneficial for keeping the eyes healthy”

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6
proper[medical]
Example in context:

هغه یو سالم او تندرست ژوند لری.

“He has a healthy and sound life.”

وہ ایک صحت مند اور تندرست زندگی گزارتا ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: medicalStatus: verified
7
unimpaired[medical]
Example in context:

هغه یو سالم او تندرست ژوند لری.

“He has a healthy and sound life.”

وہ ایک صحت مند اور تندرست زندگی گزارتا ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: medicalStatus: verified
8
good[medical]
اچھا، خوب
Example in context:

سالم تفریح د خدای ډالۍ ده

“Wholesome recreation is a gift of God”

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9
fine[medical]
ٹھیک، ہیرا
Example in context:

د سالم ژوند لپاره فټنس اړین دی

“Fitness is necessary for a healthy life”

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10
safe[medical]
آزاد، مطمئن
Example in context:

سالم ذهن په سالم بدن کې ژوند کوی

“A healthy mind resides in a healthy body”

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11
correct, right[medical]
درست، ٹھیک، ادھکار
Example in context:

هغه یو سالم او تندرست ژوند لری.

“He has a healthy and sound life.”

وہ ایک صحت مند اور تندرست زندگی گزارتا ہے۔

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12
Salim[personal name]
سالم
Example in context:

سلام عقل په سالم بدن کی

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13
[Classical] (act. part. of سلم ) Safe, sound, perfect, unimpaired, uninjured; (Fem.) سالمه sālimaʿh [classical]
Page 572 in Raverty (1860). Origin: Arabic
Example in context:

هغه یو سالم او تندرست ژوند لری.

“He has a healthy and sound life.”

وہ ایک صحت مند اور تندرست زندگی گزارتا ہے۔

Source: PashDict Unified Lexicon · Register: classicalStatus: verified

Proverbs (Mataloona)2 unique

ولسي متلونه
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«اول سالم پسې کالم .»

“First health/safety, then words/business.”

پہلے سلامتی، پھر دوسری باتیں یا کاروبار۔

Cultural context: Stresses that personal well-being and security must always take precedence over other worldly pursuits.
ولسي متل (Proverb)

«سلام عقل په سالم بدن کی»

“Sound mind in a sound body.”

تندرست جسم میں ہی تندرست عقل ہوتی ہے۔

Cultural context: Emphasizes the vital connection between physical health and mental well-being, a universally valued concept in Pashtun lifestyle.

Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms(مترادفات او متضادات)

Semantic lexical relations verified from Achakzai Pashto Thesaurus & corpus data

Grammar — Word forms

د کلمې ګردان او بڼې
OpenPashto Morphology
Grammatical Formحالت او بڼه
پښتو بڼهPashto Form
Phoneticتلفظ
Fem Singular (-a)
سالمهsālím-a
Fem Plural (-e)
سالمېsālím-e
Plural Oblique (-o)
سالموsālím-o
Abstract Noun (-wālay)
سالموالیsālím-wālay
State / Quality (-tob)
سالمتوبsālím-tob
Comparative (-tar)
سالمترsālím-tar
Superlative (-tarīn)
سالمترینsālím-tarīn
Factitive Verb (To make ...)
سالم کولsālím kawəl
Inchoative Verb (To become ...)
سالم کېدلsālím kedəl

Examples from corpora11

قاموسي او ادبي شواهد

Attested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.

PashDict Unified Lexicon

هغه یو سالم او تندرست ژوند لری.

“He has a healthy and sound life.”

وہ ایک صحت مند اور تندرست زندگی گزارتا ہے۔

PashDict Unified Lexicon

د دې ودانۍ بنسټونه اوس هم سالم دی.

“The foundations of this building are still intact.”

اس عمارت کی بنیادیں اب بھی سلامت ہیں۔

HF English-Pashto Parallel Corpus

دا د سترګو د سالم ساتلو لپاره خورا ګټور دی

“These are very beneficial for keeping the eyes healthy”

Derived Forms2

اشتقاقي بڼې
سالموالی
سالمتوب
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)
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Arabic

Arabic (Raverty 1860)

PashDict Sovereign 34-to-1 Unified LexiconVerified Trilingual Academic Edition · CC BY 4.0

Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes

علمي او ژبني معلومات

Grammar & Morphological Classification

The headword سالم (sālím) functions as a adj in standard Pashto lexicography. This entry synthesizes lexical evidence from 34 authoritative Afghan and international Pashto dictionaries, cross-referenced with modern frequency corpora to ensure trilingual accuracy.

Phonological & Dialectal Realization

Pronunciation diverges between the Southwestern (Kandahari) dialect and the Northeastern (Peshawari/Kabuled) standard. In Southwestern speech, phonemes maintain retroflex fricative distinctions, whereas Northeastern phonetics exhibit velar and postalveolar shifts. All acoustic transcriptions conform to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) standards adopted by the Pashto Academy.

Peer-reviewed lexicographical standard · Open Pashto Corpus Edition

Nearby words

نږدې او ورته لغتونه