"salaam alaikum" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /səˈlɑːm əˌleɪkʊm/ [India]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”). Doublet of shalom aleichem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ar|السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ||peace be upon you}} Borrowed from Arabic السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”), {{doublet|en|shalom aleichem}} Doublet of shalom aleichem Head templates: {{en-interj|head=salaam alaikum}} salaam alaikum
  1. (Islam) A greeting said on meeting someone. Wikipedia link: salaam alaikum Categories (topical): Islam Synonyms: salam alaikum, salaam alaykum, salam alaykum, as-salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum, assalamu alaykum, salaamu alaikum Related terms: shalom aleichem, shalom Translations (peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)): selam alejkum (Albanian), ሰላም (sälam) (Amharic), السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum) (Arabic), əs-səlamu əleykum (Azerbaijani), әссәләмәғәләйкүм (əssələməğələyküm) (Bashkir), আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamu alaikum) (Bengali), আস সালামু আলাইকুম (aś salamu alaikum) (Bengali), আস-সালামু আলাইকুম (as-salamu alaikum) (Bengali), салам алейкум (salam alejkum) (Chechen), ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum) (Chechen), 薩拉姆·阿萊控 (Chinese Mandarin), 萨拉姆·阿莱控 (sàlāmǔ āláikòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 色蘭 (Chinese Mandarin), 色兰 (sèlán) (Chinese Mandarin), selam alejkum (Czech), سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) (Dari), as-salaam aleikum (Finnish), as-salam alaykum (French), salam aleikum (Galician), as-salamu alaikum (German), σαλάμ αλέκουμ (salám alékoum) (Greek), salamu alaikum (Hausa), סלאם עליכום (salám 'aléikum) (Hebrew), सलाम अलैकुम (salām alaikum) (Hindi), szálem alejkum (Hungarian), assalamu alaikum (Indonesian), assalamualaikum (Indonesian), سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm aleykom) (Iranian Persian), salam aleikum (Italian), as-salāmu ʿalaykum (Italian), アッサラーム・アライクム (assarāmu araikumu) (Japanese), アッサラーム・アレイクム (assarāmu areikumu) (Japanese), ас саламу алейкум (as salamu aleykum) (Karachay-Balkar), ассалаумағалейкум (assalaumağaleikum) (Kazakh), 앗살라무 알라이쿰 (atsallamu allaikum) (Korean), салам алейкүм (salam aleyküm) (Kyrgyz), ссалам алейкум (s:alam aleykum) (Lak), pax tecum (Latin), pax vobiscum (Latin), салам алейкум (salam alejkum) (Lezgi), assalamualaikum (Malay), അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും (assalāmu alaikkuṁ) (Malayalam), sliem għalikom (Maltese), selamunaleykum (Northern Kurdish), سلام عليکم (salām 'alekom) (Pashto), السلام عليکم (asalām 'alekom) (Pashto), سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) (Persian), salam alejkum (Polish), salamaleque (Portuguese), al salamalaikum (Romanian), саля́м але́йкум (saljám aléjkum) (Russian), сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum) (Russian), ассала́му ’але́йкум (assalámu ’aléjkum) [literary] (Russian), селам алејкум [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), selam alejkum [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), selam alejkum (Slovak), salam alejkum (Slovak), selam alejkum (Slovene), salam (Spanish), салом алайкум (salom alaykum) (Tajik), ассалому алайкум (assalomu alaykum) (Tajik), салому алайкум (salomu alaykum) (Tajik), саломун алайкум (salomun alaykum) (Tajik), அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் (assalāmu alaikkum) (Tamil), әссәламү галәйкүм (ässälamü ğaläyküm) (Tatar), ሰላም (sälam) (Tigrinya), selamünaleyküm (Turkish), salamaleýkim (Turkmen), esselawmaleýkim (Turkmen), salamälik [feminine] (Turkmen), سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum) (Urdu), ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم (essalam eleykum) (Uyghur), ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم (essalamu eleykum) (Uyghur), assalomu alaykum (Uzbek)
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Alternative forms

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          "roman": "as-salamu alaikum",
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          "roman": "salam alejkum",
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          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          "roman": "sàlāmǔ āláikòng",
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          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          "roman": "as salamu aleykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "ас саламу алейкум"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "assalaumağaleikum",
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          "word": "ассалаумағалейкум"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "atsallamu allaikum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "앗살라무 알라이쿰"
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          "roman": "salam aleyküm",
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          "word": "салам алейкүм"
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          "roman": "s:alam aleykum",
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          "word": "ссалам алейкум"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "pax tecum"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "roman": "salam alejkum",
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          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          "roman": "assalāmu alaikkuṁ",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "sliem għalikom"
        },
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "salām 'alekom",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "سلام عليکم"
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          "roman": "asalām 'alekom",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "السلام عليکم"
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          "roman": "salām alaykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "roman": "salām alaykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "سَلَام عَلَیْکُم"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "salâm aleykom",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "سَلام عَلِیْکُم"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "salam alejkum"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "salamaleque"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "al salamalaikum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "saljám aléjkum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "саля́м але́йкум"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "salám aléjkum",
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          "word": "сала́м але́йкум"
        },
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          "roman": "assalámu ’aléjkum",
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          "word": "ассала́му ’але́йкум"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          "word": "селам алејкум"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "selam alejkum"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "word": "selam alejkum"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "salam alejkum"
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        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "selam alejkum"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "salam"
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        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "salom alaykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "салом алайкум"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "assalomu alaykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "ассалому алайкум"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "salomu alaykum",
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          "word": "салому алайкум"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "salomun alaykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "саломун алайкум"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "assalāmu alaikkum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும்"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "ässälamü ğaläyküm",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "әссәламү галәйкүм"
        },
        {
          "code": "ti",
          "lang": "Tigrinya",
          "roman": "sälam",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "ሰላም"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "selamünaleyküm"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "salamaleýkim"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "esselawmaleýkim"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
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          ],
          "word": "salamälik"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "salām 'alaikum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "سَلام عَلَیکُم"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "essalam eleykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "essalamu eleykum",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
          "word": "assalomu alaykum"
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      ]
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}
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
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        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Chechen translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hausa translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Karachay-Balkar translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
        "Terms with Lak translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Lezgi translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Maltese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Pashto translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Tajik translations",
        "Terms with Tamil translations",
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        "Terms with Tigrinya translations",
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      "word": "salam alaikum"
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      "word": "salaam alaykum"
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      "word": "salam alaykum"
    },
    {
      "word": "as-salaam alaikum"
    },
    {
      "word": "assalamu alaikum"
    },
    {
      "word": "assalamu alaykum"
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    {
      "word": "salaamu alaikum"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "selam alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
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      "roman": "sälam",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ሰላም"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "as-salāmu ʕalaykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "əs-səlamu əleykum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "əssələməğələyküm",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "әссәләмәғәләйкүм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "assalamu alaikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "আসসালামু আলাইকুম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "aś salamu alaikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "আস সালামু আলাইকুম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "as-salamu alaikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "আস-সালামু আলাইকুম"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "salam alejkum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "салам алейкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "assalamu ˀalajkum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ассаламу ӏалайкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "薩拉姆·阿萊控"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sàlāmǔ āláikòng",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "萨拉姆·阿莱控"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "色蘭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sèlán",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "色兰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "selam alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "as-salaam aleikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "as-salam alaykum"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salam aleikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "as-salamu alaikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "salám alékoum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "σαλάμ αλέκουμ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salamu alaikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "salám 'aléikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "סלאם עליכום"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "salām alaikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "सलाम अलैकुम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "szálem alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "assalamu alaikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "assalamualaikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salam aleikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "as-salāmu ʿalaykum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "assarāmu araikumu",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "アッサラーム・アライクム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "assarāmu areikumu",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "アッサラーム・アレイクム"
    },
    {
      "code": "krc",
      "lang": "Karachay-Balkar",
      "roman": "as salamu aleykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ас саламу алейкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "assalaumağaleikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ассалаумағалейкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "atsallamu allaikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "앗살라무 알라이쿰"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "selamunaleykum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "salam aleyküm",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "салам алейкүм"
    },
    {
      "code": "lbe",
      "lang": "Lak",
      "roman": "s:alam aleykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ссалам алейкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "pax tecum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "pax vobiscum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "roman": "salam alejkum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "салам алейкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "assalamualaikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "assalāmu alaikkuṁ",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "അസ്സലാമു അലൈക്കും"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "sliem għalikom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "salām 'alekom",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "سلام عليکم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "asalām 'alekom",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "السلام عليکم"
    },
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      "roman": "salām alaykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "سَلَام عَلَیْکُم"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "salām alaykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "سَلَام عَلَیْکُم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "salâm aleykom",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "سَلام عَلِیْکُم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salam alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salamaleque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "al salamalaikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "saljám aléjkum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "саля́м але́йкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "salám aléjkum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "сала́м але́йкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "assalámu ’aléjkum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "ассала́му ’але́йкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "селам алејкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "selam alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "selam alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salam alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "selam alejkum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "salom alaykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "салом алайкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "assalomu alaykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ассалому алайкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "salomu alaykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "салому алайкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "salomun alaykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "саломун алайкум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "assalāmu alaikkum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ässälamü ğaläyküm",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "әссәламү галәйкүм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "sälam",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ሰላም"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "selamünaleyküm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "salamaleýkim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "esselawmaleýkim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salamälik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "salām 'alaikum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "سَلام عَلَیکُم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "essalam eleykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "essalamu eleykum",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "peace be upon you (Muslim greeting)",
      "word": "assalomu alaykum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "salaam alaikum"
}

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