Phrase guide

salaam alaikum

intj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • India: /səˈlɑːm əˌleɪkʊm/

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intj

Meaning 1

A greeting said on meeting someone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: selam alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Amharic: ሰላም (sälam) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Arabic: سلام عليكم (salāmun ʕalaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Azerbaijani: əs-səlamu əleykum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Bashkir: әссәләмәғәләйкүм (əssələməğələyküm) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamu alaikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Bengali: আস সালামু আলাইকুম (aś salamu alaikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Bengali: আস-সালামু আলাইকুম (as-salamu alaikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Betawi: salamalékum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Chechen: салам алейкум (salam alejkum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Chechen: ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薩拉姆·阿萊控 /萨拉姆·阿莱控 (sàlāmǔ āláikòng) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 色蘭 /色兰 (sèlán) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Czech: selam alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Finnish: as-salaam aleikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • French: as-salam alaykum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Galician: salam aleikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • German: as-salamu alaikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Greek: σαλάμ αλέκουμ (salám alékoum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Hausa: salamu alaikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Hebrew: סלאם עליכום (salám 'aléikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Hindi: सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Hungarian: szálem alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Indonesian: assalamu alaikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Indonesian: assalamualaikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Italian: salam aleikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Italian: as-salāmu ʿalaykum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Japanese: アッサラーム・アライクム (assarāmu araikumu) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Japanese: アッサラーム・アレイクム (assarāmu areikumu) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Karachay-Balkar: ас саламу алейкум (as salamu aleykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Kazakh: ассалаумағалейкум (assalaumağaleikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Korean: 앗살라무 알라이쿰 (atsallamu allaikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Northern Kurdish: selamunaleykum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Kyrgyz: салам алейкүм (salam aleyküm) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Lak: ссалам алейкум (s:alam aleykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Latin: pax tecum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Latin: pax vobiscum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Lezgi: салам алейкум (salam alejkum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Malay: assalamualaikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Malayalam: അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും (assalāmu alaikkuṁ) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Maltese: sliem għalikom — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Pashto: سلام عليکم (salām 'alekom) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Pashto: السلام عليکم (asalām 'alekom) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Persian: سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Dari: سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Iranian Persian: سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm aleykom) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Polish: salam alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Portuguese: salamaleque — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Romanian: al salamalaikum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Russian: саля́м але́йкум (saljám aléjkum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Russian: сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Russian: ассала́му ’але́йкум (assalámu ’aléjkum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Serbo-Croatian: селам алејкум — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Serbo-Croatian: selam alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Slovak: selam alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Slovak: salam alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Slovene: selam alejkum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Spanish: salam — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Tajik: салом алайкум (salom alaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Tajik: ассалому алайкум (assalomu alaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Tajik: салому алайкум (salomu alaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Tajik: саломун алайкум (salomun alaykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Tamil: அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் (assalāmu alaikkum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Tatar: әссәламү галәйкүм (ässälamü ğäläyküm) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Turkish: selamünaleyküm — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Ottoman Turkish: سلام علیكم (selamün aleyküm) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Turkmen: salawmaleýkim — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Turkmen: essalawmaleýkim — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Turkmen: salamälik — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Urdu: السلام علیکم (as-salām alaikum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Uyghur: ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم (essalam eleykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Uyghur: ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم (essalamu eleykum) — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)
  • Uzbek: assalomu alaykum — peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)