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Mar. 05, 2017
salaam\suh-LAHM\noun
1. a salutation meaning âpeace,â used especially in Islamic
countries.
2. a very low bow or obeisance, especially with the palm of the right
hand placed on the forehead.
QuotesAnd the black-birds too are dozing, and the bulbuls flitting by
whisper with their wings, 'salaam.' Peace and salaam!
-- Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, 1911
Origin of salaamSalaam is the most common English spelling of the
Arabic noun salÄm âpeace.â Salaam is closely related to the Hebrew
shalom (Å¡ÄlÅm), both coming from the common Semitic noun Å¡alÄm
âpeace, well-beingâ (from the root Å¡lm âto be wholeâ). Both
Arabic and Hebrew use âpeaceâ in their formulas of greeting: the
complete Arabic formula is as-salÄmu Ê¿alaykum âpeace to youâ; the
kindred Hebrew formula is shÄlÅm Ê¿alÄkhem.Salaam entered English in
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