سلام

Semantic loan from Aramaic שְׁלָמָא‎ / ܫܠܵܡܵܐ‎ (šəlāmā, “wholeness, welfare; peace”, used as a greeting)

Cognate with Hebrew שלום‎ (shalóm).

• IPA^(key): /sa.laːm/

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سَلَام • (salām) m

1. verbal noun of سَلِمَ‎ (salima) (form I), well-being
2. peace
3. greeting

• ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ‎ (s-salāmu ʕalaykum)
• وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ‎ (waʕalaykumu s-salāmu)
• عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ‎ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu)
• سَلَامُ ٱللَّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ‎ (salāmu llāhi ʕalayhi)
• عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ‎ (ʕalayhi ṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu)

سَلَام • (salām)

1. salutation; greeting

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 175

Belonging to the root س ل م‎ (s-l-m).

• IPA^(key): /si.laːm/

سِلَام • (silām) m

1. verbal noun of سَالَمَ‎ (sālama) (form III)

سِلَام • (silām) m

1. plural of variety of سَلِم‎ (salim, “stones”), or alternative collective
2. plural of variety of سَلَْم‎ (salam, “Acacia ehrenbergiana”)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

• سڵاو‎ (səɫaːw)

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): /sælaːm/

سلام (sælaːm)

1. greeting
2. hello
3. hi

سلام (selâm)

1. hello

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): /sælaːm/

سلام (selam) f

1. greeting
2. hello
3. hi

• սէլամ (selam) — Armeno-Turkish

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

سلام • (selam)

1. greetings

• سلاملق‎ (selamlık, “selamlik”)

• Turkish: selam
• → Albanian: selam
• → Cappadocian Greek: σελάμι (selámi)

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām, “peace”).

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سلام • (salâm)

1. hello, hi, hiya

   ‏سلام!‎‎ ― salâm ― hello!

   ‏سلام علیکم!‎‎ ― salâm aleykom ― hello! (more formal)

سلام • (salâm)

1. salutation; greeting
2. (military) salute
3. (Islam) Salam at the end of prayer.

• درود‎ (dorud)

• سلام دادن‎ (salâm dâdan)
• سلام رساندن‎ (salâm resândan)
• سلام کردن‎ (salâm kardan)

• Dari: سلام‎ (salām)
• Iranian Persian: سلام‎ (salâm)
• Tajik: салом (salom)
• → Bengali: সেলাম (śelam), সালাম (salam)
• → Gujarati: સલામ (salām)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सलाम (salām)

  Urdu: سلام‎ (salām)

  • → Mauritian Creole: salam
• → Kazakh: сәлем (sälem)
• → Kyrgyz: салам (salam)
• → Marathi: सलाम (salām)
• → Mazanderani: سلام‎ (selâm)
• → Nepali: सलाम (salām)
• → Punjabi: ਸਲਾਮ (salām)
• → Pashto: سلام‎ (salām)
• → Sindhi: (salāmu)

  Arabic script: سَلامُ‎

  Devanagari script: सलामु

• → Telugu: సలాము (salāmu), సలాం (salāṁ)
• → Turkmen: salam, selam
• → Uyghur: سالام‎ (salam)
• → Uzbek: salom

• سلام علیکم‎ (salâm 'aleykom)

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sə.läːmə/

سلام • (salām) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਲਾਮ)

1. salutation
2. greeting
3. (literally) peace

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

سَلامُ (salāmu) (Devanagari सलामु)

1. (used by Muslims) hello, hi

سَلامُ (salāmu) m (Devanagari सलामु)

1. peace; greeting

From Arabic سَلام‎ (salām).

• IPA^(key): /sa.laːm/, [saˈlæːm]

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سلام • (salām) m (plural سلامات‎ (salāmāt))

1. peace, peacefulness

• السلام عليكم‎ (as-salāmu ʕalēkom, “peace be upon you”)

• سەڵام‎ (sellam)

From Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām, “peace”).

• IPA^(key): (Ilami) /sæɫaːm/

سەلام (sælaːm)

1. greeting
2. hello
3. hi

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلام‎ (salām), itself from Arabic سَلَام‎ (salām).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.lɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm
• Hyphenation: سَ‧لام

سَلام • (salām) (Hindi spelling सलाम)

1. interjection used to greet or fare adieu to someone

   Clipping of السلام علیکم‎ (al-salām 'alaikum, “hello, hi, hiya”).

   ‏سَلام!‎‎ ― salām! ― hello!

   ‏سَلام عَلَیکُم!‎‎

   salām 'alaikum!

   hello!

سَلام • (salām) m (Hindi spelling सलाम)

1. greeting, salutation
2. regards

   ‏اَبُّو کو سَلام دینا‎

   abbū ko salām denā

   Send [my] regards to your father.

3. a salute (chiefly military but not limited to).
4. (literally, rare) peace

• “سلام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سلام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سلام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.