Merhaba!! thank you very much alyaa
And, talking about the meanings of the worb "selam", it's another arabic word!.

Just another possibly arabic word, very important, is Türkiye (well, it's a mixture between Turkish Türk- and ¿arabic? suffix -iye....)how do you say "Turkey" in arabic??

Tesekkür Ederimmm

hi xesc,
u want to know how i say turkey in arabic ok listen its alittlie nearer to the turkish spell when they say turkey
as if they are pronounce it like this

turkia

we too it is like turkia or turkie ok!!

my turkish book says 'selam' is not used for farewells.. maybe now turks dont use it very often, I mean, it maybe was widely used in the past.. when I talk to turkish ppl they never say me 'selam' but 'hoşÃ§a kal' 'güle güle' 'gorüşÃ¼rüz' .... I'll ask them anyways

We here (Spain) also use a word like "Turkia" (Turquía) to say "Turkey" I think we got it from arabic tesekkür ederim alyaa!

Respect the word "selam" it's "hi" . It's a word borrowed from arabic, and in countries where this word is used it's for greetings and farewellsh, because doesn't mean just "hi", but "peace"; nowadays is not often used;

it's like "selam aleyküm" and "aleyküm esselam", were more used in the past, but actually have a hint of traditionalism i guess. Thus, the word "selam" alone could have lost it's original meaning and be a simply "hi".

ok friends listen to me,

about selam i will talk about arabic in specific this word can be used even now not only in the past cause as u said it mean peace too but i think it is used in some peolpe and the young boys and girls may prefer words like hi, helo
and merhaba even merhaba not widely used like hi though its arabic word do u see i mean there are words which used more becuase they r more easy !
ok i wish if i can convey the right picture.

Merhaba!

About arabic Marhaban ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ and 's-salaamu 'alajkum ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡﻋﻠﻴﻜﻢ . I know that arabic speaking people prefer to use the first with non-muslim persons and the second one for muslims. Marhaban is literally "welcome" but used as "hello", and 's-salaamu 'alajkum means "the peace with you (always plural)" and also used in common language as "hello". Hope that helps a little bit!

Alyaa, another word widely used is sabah , morning

Hi again,

we use "selam" or "selamünaleykün" is turkey too..
but using selam depends on the environment..
if we are in traditional people we say "selamünaleyküm"
if we are in eopen-minded pr in youth people we just say" selam, merhaba" etc..
but we say "selam" just when we meet people...
during leaving we say "hoşÃ§akal, görüşÃ¼rüz"...
i know turkish people can't use to speak "selam" with foreign people...
if we say" selamünaleyküm" the think that we are arabic too and they think we r in middle east country as well...
can i tell my problem?
of..
i have terrible headache
if i was wrong using words sorry...
forgve me

another word is

( dakika)

one minut it is arabic

also ( cuma) frieday

saat, kitap (in osmanish it was kitab)or kalp (kalb) are also from arabic, aren't they?