السلام عليكم

Arabic

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Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם‏ (shalóm aleikhém).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum/

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Interjection

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ‏ • (as-salāmu ʿalaykum)

1. (may) peace (be) upon you (plural); good day; hello; hail; (Islam) salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum (Muslim greeting)

   ‏اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُم — وَعَلَيْكُمُ اَلسَّلامُ‎

   as-salāmu ʿalaykum — wa-ʿalaykumu s-salāmu

   Peace be upon you. — And upon you, too.

   ‏اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَللهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ‎

   as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu

   Peace be upon you and God’s mercy and blessings.

Descendants

Descendants of السلام عليكم in other languages

• Albanian: selam alejkum
• Azeri: əs-səlamu əleykum
• Bengali: আসসলামু আলাইকুম (assôlamu alaikum)
• Chechen: ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ʿalajkum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩拉姆阿萊控, 萨拉姆阿莱控 (sàlāmǔ-āláikòng), 色兰 (sèlán), 赛俩目 (sèliǎngmù), 色俩目 (sèliǎngmù)

• Czech: salam alejkum
• English: assalamu alaikum, as salaamu alaikom
• French: as-salam alaykum
• German: as-salamu alaikum
• Greek: σαλάμ αλέκουμ (salám alékoum)
• Hazaragi: سلام علیکم (salām alaykum)
• Hindi: सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum)
• Hungarian: szálem alejkum
• Indonesian: assalamu alaikum
• Italian: salamelecco
• Japanese: アッサラームアライクム (assarāmu araikumu), アッサラーム・アレイクム (assarāmu-areikumu)
• Kazakh: ассалаумағалейкум (assalawmağaleykwm)
• Korean: 살람 알라이쿰 (sallam allaikum)

• Kyrgyz: салам алейкүм (salam aleyküm), ассалам алейкүм (assalam aleyküm), ассалам алейким (assalam aleykim)
• Lez: салам алейкум (salam alejkum)
• Malay: assalamualaikum
• Malayalam: അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും (assalāmu alaikkuṃ)
• Maltese: sliem għalikom
• Pashto: السلام علیکم‏ (as-salám alaykúm), اسلام علیکم‏ (asalám alaykúm)
• Persian: سلام علیکم‏ (salâm aleykom)
• Polish: salam alejkum, salaam alejkum, salem alejkum
• Portuguese: salamaleque, assalamo alaikum, assalamo aleikum
• Russian: саля́м але́йкум (saljám aléjkum), сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum), сало́м але́йкум (salóm aléjkum), ассала́му 'але́йкум (assalámu 'aléjkum)
• Romanian: al salamalaikum
• Slovak: selam alejkum, salam alejkum
• Spanish: assalamoe `alaykum
• Tajik: салом алайкум (salom alaykum)
• Tamil: அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் (assalāmu alaikkum)
• Tatar: әссәламү галәйкүм (ässälamü ğaläyküm)
• Turkish: selamün aleiküm
• Turkmen: salamaleýkim
• Urdu: السلام علیکم‏ (asalām alaikum), سلام علیکم‏ (salām alaikum)
• Uyghur: ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم‏ (essalamu eleykum)
• Uzbek: salomalaykum

See also

• اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْك‏ (as-salāmu ʿalayk) (greeting to one person)
• وَعَلَيْكُم السَّلَام‏ (waʿalaykum as-salām), وَعَلَيْكُمْ‏ (waʿalaykum) (answer to the greeting)
• عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلامُ‏ (ʿalayhi s-salāmu) (Islamic eulogy for prophets)