Synonyms for salaam
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suh-lahm |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈlɑm |
Définition of salaam
Origin :- Muslim greeting, 1610s, from Arabic salam (also in Urdu, Persian), literally "peace" (cf. Hebrew shalom); in full, (as)salam 'alaikum "peace be upon you," from base of salima "he was safe" (cf. Islam, Muslim).
- noun greeting
- She stood there waving her hand wildly and rating me for not returning her salaam.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- This means we had better say salaam; so we say it and they say it, adding the usual "Go and come."
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- I have seen sixty or seventy of an evening come in and make this sort of salaam.
- Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel
- They do not stand at the door and salaam and cringe, like the ordinary mendicant.
- Extract from : « India and the Indians » by Edward F. Elwin
- They salaam to him, beg of him to intercede for them, and kiss his hands.
- Extract from : « The Temptation of St. Antony » by Gustave Flaubert
- He turned to the picture at once, and said, Sahib, Salaam aleicoum.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
- He made his salaam, and was invited to sit on the Amrs left, on the ground.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
- The d festival: salaam to the Amr: the educating of Afghans.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
- Amr in the Salaam Khana: reception of the Maleks and merchants: presents.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
- The Princes then shook hands and went in to salaam His Highness.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
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