salaam alaikum

English

Alternative forms

salam alaikum, salaam alaykum, salam alaykum, as-salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum, assalamu alaykum, salaamu alaikum

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”). Doublet of shalom aleichem.

Pronunciation

(India) IPA^(key): /səˈlɑːm əˌleɪkʊm/

Interjection

salaam alaikum

(Islam) A greeting said on meeting someone.

Related terms

Translations

peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)

Albanian: selam alejkum
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (ar) (as-salāmu ʕalaykum)
Azerbaijani: əs-səlamu əleykum
Bashkir: әссәләмәғәләйкүм (əssələməğələyküm)
Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (bn) (assalamu alaikum), আস সালামু আলাইকুম (aś salamu alaikum), আস-সালামু আলাইকুম (as-salamu alaikum)
Chechen: салам алейкум (salam alejkum), ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 薩拉姆·阿萊控／萨拉姆·阿莱控 (zh) (sàlāmǔ āláikòng), 色蘭／色兰 (zh) (sèlán)
Czech: selam alejkum
Finnish: as-salaam aleikum
French: as-salam alaykum
Galician: salam aleikum
German: as-salamu alaikum
Greek: σαλάμ αλέκουμ (salám alékoum)
Hausa: salamu alaikum
Hebrew: סלאם עליכום (salám 'aléikum)
Hindi: सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum)
Hungarian: szálem alejkum
Indonesian: assalamu alaikum, assalamualaikum (id)
Japanese: アッサラーム・アライクム (assarāmu araikumu), アッサラーム・アレイクム (assarāmu areikumu)
Karachay-Balkar: ас саламу алейкум (as salamu aleykum)
Kazakh: ассалаумағалейкум (assalaumağaleikum)
Korean: 앗살라무 알라이쿰 (atsallamu allaikum)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: selamunaleykum (ku)
Kyrgyz: салам алейкүм (salam aleyküm)
Lak: ссалам алейкум (s:alam aleykum)
Latin: pax tecum, pax vobiscum
Lezgi: салам алейкум (salam alejkum)
Malay: assalamualaikum (ms)
Malayalam: അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും (assalāmu alaikkuṁ)
Maltese: sliem għalikom
Pashto: سلام عليکم (ps) (salām 'alekom), السلام عليکم (asalām 'alekom)
Persian:
Classical Persian: سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām 'alaykum)

Dari: سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām 'alaykum)

Iranian Persian: سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm 'aleykom)
Polish: salam alejkum (pl)
Portuguese: salamaleque (pt)
Romanian: al salamalaikum
Russian: саля́м але́йкум (saljám aléjkum), сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum), (prescribed) ассала́му ’але́йкум (assalámu ’aléjkum)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: селам алејкум

Roman: selam alejkum
Slovak: selam alejkum, salam alejkum
Slovene: selam alejkum
Spanish: salam (es)
Tajik: салом алайкум (tg) (salom alaykum), ассалому алайкум (assalomu alaykum), салому алайкум (salomu alaykum), саломун алайкум (salomun alaykum)
Tamil: அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் (assalāmu alaikkum)
Tatar: әссәламү галәйкүм (ässälamü ğaläyküm)
Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam)
Turkish: selamünaleyküm (tr)
Turkmen: salamaleýkim
Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum)
Uyghur: ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم (essalam eleykum), ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم (essalamu eleykum)
Uzbek: assalomu alaykum

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