سليمان

See also: سلیمان

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (š'lêmōn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ) via Koine Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn). Imported into Arabic as a diminutive form of the preexisting Arabic name سَلْمَان (salmān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.laj.maːn/

Proper noun

سُلَيْمَان • (sulaymān) m

1. Solomon
2. a male given name, Sulayman, Suleiman

Declension

Declension of noun سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سُلَيْمَان sulaymān	—
Nominative	—	سُلَيْمَانُ sulaymānu	—
Accusative	—	سُلَيْمَانَ sulaymāna	—
Genitive	—	سُلَيْمَانَ sulaymāna	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Süleyman
• → Chinese: → 蘇萊曼／苏莱曼 (Sūláimàn) (transliteration)
• → English: Suleiman
• → Kazakh: Сүлеймен (Süleimen)
• → Persian: سلیمان
• → Portuguese: Soeima
• → Turkish: Süleyman
• → Spanish: Zulema

See also

• (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}