slama سلامة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“slama” (سلامة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning safety, being safe and sound.
Meanings
- safety, being safe and sound
- welcome back (greeting formula)
Usage
Slama refers to being safe and sound. The word lives mainly in set phrases. "L7amdolillah 3la slama" is said to someone who is back from a trip, leaving hospital, or has escaped an accident. "Bslama" means "goodbye". In "ma3a slama", it means "safe journey". In the technical sense of safety, as in "slama torqiya" (road safety), it belongs rather to the register of media and administration. The word is also used as a female first name. Do not confuse it with salam, the greeting.
Example
الحمد لله على السلامة، كيف داز السفر؟
l7amdolillah 3la slama, kifach daz safar?
“Thank God you're safe, how did the trip go?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “slama” but also “salama”, “ssalama” and “salaama”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “slama” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “safety, being safe and sound”; “safe journey, safe arrival”: slama in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “safety, being safe and sound”; “health, good recovery”: slema in Tunisian.