Wondering what's the relation between SALARY and SALT? Let's see. Today is the most beautiful day of the month because it's PAY DAY. हर महीने की पहली तारीख नौकरी-पेशा लोगों के लिए ख़ुशी का दिन है क्योंकि इस दिन आपको आपकी salary यानी वेतन मिलता है। I thought you might like to know just where your salary comes from. Don't worry, I'm not talking about the money in your bank account. How would I know where that comes from? क्योंकि यह एक English Learning blog है इसलिए यहाँ बात हो रही है word SALARY के origin की। What is salary? Not that I need to explain this but still I will. The pay or wages you earn for doing your job is called your salary. ये सुनने में थोड़ा अजीब लग सकता है की salary यानि वेतन का ताल्लुक salt यानि नमक से है। आइए जानते हैं की salt और salary के बीच आखिर क्या connection है? The source seems to be the Latin word ‘salarium.' Salarium शब्द बना है 'sal' से जिसका Latin में अर्थ होता है Salt यानि नमक। In Roman times, and throughout the Middle Ages, salt was a valuable commodity and was also referred to as "white gold." नमक की इतनी value होने का कारण यह था की इसका प्रयोग meat को preserve करने में किया जाता था । इसी कारण Roman soldiers को कभी कभार वेतन के रूप में नमक दिया जाता था जिसे Salarium का नाम दिया गया। If you’ve ever heard the phrase “you are the salt of the earth” or “worth your salt”, both are referring to the high value of salt. In a way, salarium (in the form of salt) was the monthly allowance for the Roman soldiers, just like we all get money every month for our respective jobs. प्राचीन रोम में, salarium विशेष रूप से रोमन सैनिकों को नमक खरीदने के लिए आवंटित राशि होती थी, जो एक महंगी लेकिन आवश्यक वस्तु थी। समय के साथ साथ नमक बनाना और एक जगह से दूसरी जगह transport करना मुश्किल और expensive हो गया जिसके चलते वेतन के रूप में नमक देने के बजाए रूपए दिए जाने लगे। The money was given so that people could buy salt on their own in exchange of it. This money was also called as SALT-MONEY. जैसे जैसे आधुनिकता का विकास हुआ, नमक की production आसान होने के कारण बढ़ गयी, and this white gold gradually lost it's worth. आज नमक एक बहुत ही सस्ती और आसानी से मिलने वाली वस्तू बन चुकी है जिस कारण salary और salt  का सम्बन्ध कमज़ोर हो गया। Salt was replaced by money and that's why when you hear that the word 'Salary' has it's roots in the word salt, it's very diificult to believe. Today, salary is synonymous to money. With time, the 'salarium' evolved into the French word Salarie and eventually, it was adopted by English language in it's current form 'SALARY'. So that's the connection between Salt and Salary. Now, the question is: Would you like to be paid your salary in salt?? Probably not. I prefer money. THANK YOU!? To enhance your vocabulary, download our English-Hindi dictionary app HinKhoj.