Salim (name)
male given name
Salim (also spelled Saleem or Salem , ""Shalim" or Selim, Arabic: سليم, strictly transliterated as Salīm) is a name of Semitic origin from the root It derives from the Semitic tri-consonantal root s-l-m (س-ل-م) meaning "safe" "clean" or "undamaged".
Versions of the name appear in a number of Semitic languages such as Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic, one of the earliest being Shalim-ahum from Bronze Age Assyria, another being Bab-shalimeti.
Related names are Selima, Salima, Saleemah, Shalim and Salma.
When transliterated, the name Salem (Arabic: سالم) can become indistinguishable in English, as the spelling Salim is also used, though with a long a and a short i sounds. Salim is also an Indonesian-Chinese surname based on Lim.
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