# salam
## English
### Interjection

salam
* Alternative spelling of salaam

### Noun

salam (plural salams)
* Alternative spelling of salaam

### Verb

salam (third-person singular simple present salams, present participle salaming, simple past and past participle salamed)
* Alternative spelling of salaam

### Anagrams

* Alams, Lamas, Salma, Slama, almas, amlas, laams, lamas, malas

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʰalam/

### Interjection

salam (Bengali script সালাম)
* hello

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Azerbaijani

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

salam
* hello
    - Salam! -Əleyküm salam!- Hello! - Hello to you, too!

## Eastern Cham
### Alternative forms

* ꨦꨤꩌ

### Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace; hello”).

### Interjection

salam
* hello

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsalam/
* Hyphenation: sa‧lam
* Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m

### Etymology 1

From Malay salam, from Classical Malay salam, from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Doublet of salim and syalom.

#### Noun

salam
* peace
* (Islam) salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)
* greeting
    Synonym: tabik

##### Derived terms

* bersalam
* bersalam-salaman
* bersalaman
* menyalam
* menyalami
* persalaman
* salam hormat
* salam kepal tangan
* salam takzim
* salam tempel

### Etymology 2

From Malay salam (“Malabar plum, Java plum”), from Classical Malay salam, from Tamil சாலம் (cālam, “tree”), from Sanskrit शाल (śāla). Doublet of sala and syala.
* Semantic loan from Javanese salam (ꦱꦭꦩ꧀, “Indian bay leaf”).

#### Noun

salam
* indian bay leaf (Syzygium polyanthum).
* (rare) Malabar plum, Java plum (Syzygium cumini).
    Synonyms: duwet, jamblang, jambu keling

### Etymology 3

From Arabic سَلَم (salam, “futures contract, time bargain, forward transaction”).

#### Noun

salam
* (Islamic finance) futures contract
    Synonym: kontrak berjangka

### Further reading

* “salam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latvian
### Noun

salam m
* dative singular of sals

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From Hindi सलाम (salām, “hello”), from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace; hello”).

### Interjection

salam
* A greeting.

#### See also

* sali

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈlam/

### Noun

salam m
* salami

## Romanian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Italian salame.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.ˈlam/
* Rhymes: -am
* Hyphenation: sa‧lam

### Noun

salam n (plural salamuri)
* salami

#### Declension
### Further reading

* salam in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Italian salame.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [salám]
* Hyphenation: sa‧lam

### Noun

salam (definite accusative salamı, plural salamlar)
* salami

#### See also

* sosis
* sucuk

## Yakan
### Verb

salam
* to salute someone