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

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ‎ • (as-salāmu ʿalaykum)

peace be upon you; good day; hello; hail, salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum
‏السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ — وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ‎
as-salāmu ʿalaykum — wa-ʿalaykumu s-salāmu
Peace be upon you. — And upon you, too.

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

السَّلَامُ 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)

Descendants

Descendants of السلام عليكم in other languages

Maltese: is-sliem għalikom
→ Afar: assaláamu qaléykum
→ 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 ˀalajkum)
→ Chinese:
Mandarin: 薩拉姆·阿萊控 (sàlāmǔ-āláikòng), 萨拉姆·阿莱控
→ 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 (assalaumağaleikum), ассалаумағалейкүм (assalaumağaleiküm)
→ 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)
→ 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
→ Sicilian: salamaliccu
→ 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 (assalaṁ alai kuṁ)
→ 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