Word.ws English Dictionary

salaams

salaams is the plural of salaam.

salaams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salaam.

Meaning of salaam

Noun

salaam (countable and uncountable, plural salaams)

  1. A low bow as a ceremonial act of deference.
    • […] the finest dressed one entered first; put her two hands to her forehead, then to her breasts, and with her two hands touched the Colonel’s foot; this is called a grand salam […]1790, John MacDonald, Travels, in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, London: for the author, page 168

See all 4 meanings of salaam

Proper noun capitalized: Salaams

Salaams

  1. (plural) plural of Salaam

Questions about salaams

What is salaams the plural of?
Salaams is the plural of salaam.
What part of speech is salaams?
Salaams is a proper noun.

Words near salaams in the dictionary

  1. salaah
  2. salaam
  3. salaam alaikum
  4. salaamed
  5. salaaming
  6. salaams
  7. Salaban I
  8. Salaban II
  9. salabhanjika
  10. salabhanjikas
  11. salabhasana

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: salaams (page history and authors); Salaams (page history and authors); salaam (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “salaams.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/salaams. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.