selma

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of selma in Turkish Turkish dictionary
selma emiroğlu: Amcabey", "Doğan Kardeş", "Tef", "Akbaba" gibi dergilerde çizen Türkiye'nin ilk kadın karikatür sanatçısı

English - English

Definition of selma in English English dictionary: A female given name
Happy are thy people, O Fingal! king of resounding Selma!.; given name, female; {i} female first name; family name; city in Alabama (USA); town in California (USA); village in the Grisons (Switzerland); a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
selma'o: A set of cmavo which are grammatically interchangeable
Selma Lagerlöf: born Nov. 20, 1858, Mårbacka, Swed. died March 16, 1940, Mårbacka Swedish novelist. She was working as a schoolmistress when she wrote her first novel, Gösta Berlings saga (1891), a chronicle of life in her native Värmland. Later works include Jerusalem (1901-02), which established her as Sweden's foremost novelist, and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and its sequel (1906-07), a geography reader for children in fantasy form. A naturally gifted storyteller, she rooted her work in legend and saga. In 1909 she became the first woman and the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Selma Lagerlöf: {i} Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940), Swedish novel writer and poet, Nobel laureate in 1909 (first woman novelist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature)
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf: {i} Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940), Swedish novel writer and poet, Nobel laureate in 1909 (first woman novelist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature)
Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlöf: born Nov. 20, 1858, Mårbacka, Swed. died March 16, 1940, Mårbacka Swedish novelist. She was working as a schoolmistress when she wrote her first novel, Gösta Berlings saga (1891), a chronicle of life in her native Värmland. Later works include Jerusalem (1901-02), which established her as Sweden's foremost novelist, and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and its sequel (1906-07), a geography reader for children in fantasy form. A naturally gifted storyteller, she rooted her work in legend and saga. In 1909 she became the first woman and the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature

selma

Hyphenation

Sel·ma

Turkish pronunciation

selmı

Pronunciation

/ˈselmə/ /ˈsɛlmə/

Etymology

() Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma etc. were in vogue. It is a place name in the Poems of Ossian, but at least a part of the name-givers must have been aware of the Turkish name Selma, ultimately of Arabic origin.