salaam

See also: Salaam

English

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām, “peace”), from Proto-Semitic *šalām-. Doublet of shalom, a borrowing from Hebrew.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

Interjection

salaam

  1. A respectful ceremonial greeting performed mostly in Islamic countries.

Translations

Noun

salaam (plural salaams)

  1. A low bow as a ceremonial act of deference.
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      Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the exciseman just as he was folding up that letter.

Verb

salaam (third-person singular simple present salaams, present participle salaaming, simple past and past participle salaamed)

  1. To perform a salaam.

Anagrams

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām, “peace”), from Proto-Semitic *šalām-.

Interjection

salaam

  1. hello
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