Selam

[ se-lahm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the fossil remains of a three-year-old hominin, discovered in Ethiopia in 2000 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis : judged to be 100,000 years older than Lucy, whose remains had been found just a few miles north in 1974.

Origin of Selam¹

First recorded in 2005–10; from an Ethiopian language, e.g., Geez: literally, “peace”

It was a tall man with haik over his turban, and blue selam on top of a yellow kaftan.

The Turks call that a selam; I mean to give my father a selam.

I dont say that it isnt very nice, but it doesnt express my meaning—and it isnt a selam, either.

With cries of "Aleikoúm Selam," they both jumped off their horses, and were immediately locked in each other's embrace.

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