salaam alaikum
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India/səˈlɑːm əˌleɪkʊm/
salaam alaikum interjection: a greeting said on meeting someone.
Interjection
- A greeting said on meeting someone.
salaam alaikum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
salaam alaikum in Hindi
- peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
- सलाम अलैकुम salām alaikum
salaam alaikum in Tamil
- peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
- அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் assalāmu alaikkum
salaam alaikum in Urdu
- peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
- سَلام عَلَیکُم salām 'alaikum, السلام علیکم as-salām alaikum
salaam alaikum in Bengali
- peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
- আসসালামু আলাইকুম assalamu alaikum, আস সালামু আলাইকুম aś salamu alaikum, আস-সালামু আলাইকুম as-salamu alaikum
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- salaam alaikum in Malayalam
- അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും assalāmu alaikkuṁ
- salaam alaikum in Punjabi
- السلام علیکم
- salaam alaikum in Gujarati
- સલામ અલૈકુમ salām alaikum
- salaam alaikum in Pashto
- سلام عليکم salām 'alekom, السلام عليکم asalām 'alekom
- salaam alaikum in Arabic
- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ as-salāmu ʕalaykum, سلام عليكم salāmun ʕalaykum
- salaam alaikum in Malay
- assalamualaikum
- salaam alaikum in Indonesian
- assalamu alaikum, assalamualaikum
Forms of salaam alaikum
| alternative form | salam alaikum |
|---|---|
| alternative form | salaam alaykum |
| alternative form | salam alaykum |
| alternative form | as-salaam alaikum |
| alternative form | assalamu alaikum |
| alternative form | assalamu alaykum |
| alternative form | salaamu alaikum |
Origin of salaam alaikum
Borrowed from Arabic السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”). Doublet of shalom aleichem.
Questions about salaam alaikum
- What does salaam alaikum mean?
- Salaam alaikum means a greeting said on meeting someone.
- What is salaam alaikum in Hindi?
- Salaam alaikum in Hindi is सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum). See Salaam alaikum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is salaam alaikum?
- Salaam alaikum is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce salaam alaikum?
- Salaam alaikum is pronounced /səˈlɑːm əˌleɪkʊm/ (India).
Words near salaam alaikum in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: salaam alaikum (page history and authors); السلام علیکم (Punjabi) (page history and authors); સલામ અલૈકુમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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