shalom

English

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Etymology

From Hebrew שלום (shalóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”), from Proto-Semitic *šalām- (“peace”).

Interjection

shalom

1. A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
2. peace.

Translations

transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell

Arabic: شالوم (ar) (shalōm) Armenian: շալոմ (hy) (šalom) Belarusian: шалом (be) (šalóm) Bulgarian: шалом (bg) (šalóm) Chinese: Mandarin: 沙洛姆 (zh) (shāluòmǔ) Czech: šalóm (cs) Dutch: sjalom (nl) Finnish: šalom (fi) French: chalôm (fr) Georgian: შალომი (ka) (šalomi) German: Schalom (de) Greek: σαλόμ (el) (salóm) Hebrew: שלום (he) (shalóm) Hindi: शालोम (hi) (śālom) Hungarian: salom (hu)

Japanese: シャローム (ja) (sharōmu), シャーローム (ja) (shārōmu) Korean: 샬롬 (ko) (syallom) Lithuanian: šalom (lt) Macedonian: шалом (mk) (šalóm) Persian: شالوم (fa) (šâlum, šâlom) Polish: szalom (pl) Russian: шалом (ru) (šalóm) Serbian: шалом (sr) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шалом (sh) Roman: šalom (sh) Slovak: šalóm (sk) Slovene: šalom (sl) Spanish: shalom (es) Turkish: şalom (tr) Ukrainian: шалом (uk) (šalóm) Yiddish: שלום (yi) (shalóm)

Anagrams

• halmos