سلامی

salāmī(salām+ī= Zend aff. i = S. इ), s.f. Salutation; salute (as by presentation of arms, etc.), salute of cannon;—a present on being introduced to a superior; a present given to a landlord on granting a lease, etc.; a present (on particular occasions) to a person making a salute; a congratulatory present to a bridegroom (generally from the father-in-law's household;—cf. salām-karā`ī);—slope, incline; a pavement across the bed of a watercourse:—salāmī-ḵẖāna-bārī, s.f. A present from a farmer to his landlord to enable him to build his house; a compulsory present exacted by the landlord from a tenant on his erecting a new hut.