salme
Danish
noun
Definitions
- (religion) hymn
- (biblical) psalm
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse salmr derived from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (mostly of musical strings, performance on a stringed instrument, the sound emanating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers, song sung to a harp, psalm, sound of a harp, song, twitching, the sound emenating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ψαλμός
Gloss
mostly of musical strings, performance on a stringed instrument, the sound emanating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers, song sung to a harp, psalm, sound of a harp, song, twitching, the sound emenating from twitching twanging perhaps with the hands fingers
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
歌, 唄