السلام عليكم

Arabic

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Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם‎ (shalóm aleikhém).

Pronunciation

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

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Interjection

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ‎ • (as-salāmu ʿalaykum)

1. peace be upon you; good day; hello; hail, salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum

   ‏اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ — وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ‎

   as-salāmu ʿalaykum — wa-ʿalaykumu s-salāmu

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

Alternative forms

• اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ‎ (as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu, “Peace be upon you as well as God's mercy and blessings.”)
• سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ‎ (salāmun ʿalaykum)

Usage notes

• Though grammatically plural, this form of the greeting is predominantly also used towards one person.

Descendants

Descendants of السلام عليكم in other languages

• Albanian: selam alejkum
• Azerbaijani: əs-səlamu əleykum
• Bashkir: әссәләмәғәләйкүм (ässälämäğäläyküm)
• Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (aśśalamu alaikum), আস সালামু আলাইকুম (aś śalamu alaikum), আস-সালামু আলাইকুম (as-salamu alaikum)
• Chechen: салам алейкум (salam alejkum), ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ʿalajkum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩拉姆·阿萊控, 萨拉姆·阿莱控 (sàlāmǔ-āláikòng)

• Czech: selam alejkum
• English: salaam alaikum, salam alaikum, salaam alaykum, salam alaykum, as-salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum, assalamu alaykum, salaamu alaikum
• Finnish: as-salaam aleikum
• French: as-salam alaykum
• Galician: salam aleikum
• German: salam aleikum
• Greek: σαλάμ αλέκουμ (salám alékoum)
• Hausa: salamu alaikum
• Hazaragi: سلام علیکم (salām alaykum)
• Hebrew: סלאם עליכום‎ (salám 'aléikum)
• Hindi: सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum)
• Hungarian: szálem alejkum
• Indonesian: assalamu alaikum, assalamualaikum
• 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)
• Karachay-Balkar: ас саламу алейкум (as salamu aleykum)
• Kazakh: ассалаумағалейкум (assalawmağaleykwm)
• Korean: 앗살라무 알라이쿰 (atsallamu allaikum)

• Kyrgyz: салам алейкүм (salam aleyküm)
• Lak: ссалам алейкум (s:alam aleykum)
• Lezgi: салам алейкум (salam alejkum)
• Malay: assalamualaikum
• Malayalam: അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും (assalāmu alaikkuṃ)
• Maltese: sliem għalikom
• Pashto: السلام علیکم‎ (as-salám 'alékom), اسلام علیکم‎ (asalám 'alékom)
• Persian: سلام علیکم‎ (salâmo alaykom)
• Polish: salam alejkum
• Portuguese: salamaleque
• Romanian: al salamalaikum
• Russian: саля́м але́йкум (saljám aléjkum), сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum), ассала́му 'але́йкум (assalámu 'aléjkum)
• Serbo-Croatian: селам алејкум/selam alejkum
• Slovak: selam alejkum, salam alejkum
• Slovene: selam alejkum
• Tajik: салом алайкум (salom alaykum), ассалому алайкум (assalomu alaykum), салому алайкум (salomu alaykum), саломун алайкум (salomun alaykum)
• Tamil: அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் (assalāmu alaikkum)
• Telugu: అస్సలం అలై కుం (assalaṃ alai kuṃ)
• Tatar: әссәламү галәйкүм (ässälamü ğaläyküm)
• Turkish: selamün aleyküm, selamünaleyküm
• Turkmen: salamaleýkim
• Urdu: سلام علیکم‎ (salām alaikum)
• Uyghur: ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم‎ (essalamu eleykum), ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم‎ (essalam eleykum)
• Uzbek: assalomu alaykum

See also

• اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ‎ (as-salāmu ʿalayka)
• وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ‎ (waʿalaykumu s-salāmu), وَعَلَيْكُمْ‎ (wa-ʿalaykum) (answer to the greeting)
• عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلامُ‎ (ʿalayhi s-salāmu) (Islamic eulogy)