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See also: Shalom
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.
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shalom
- A traditional Jewish greeting.
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Translations[edit]
transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
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Noun[edit]
shalom (countable and uncountable, plural shaloms)
- (countable) The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom".
- 2014, David Morrell, The League of Night and Fog:
- He exchanged shaloms with a group of young people coming out of the synagogue and turned left toward a corner.
- (Judaism, uncountable) Peace. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Verb[edit]
shalom (third-person singular simple present shaloms, present participle shaloming, simple past and past participle shalomed)
- To greet somebody with "shalom".
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Portuguese[edit]
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shalom
- shalom (Jewish greeting or farewell)
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