# السلام عليكم
## Arabic

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### Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם (shalóm aleikhém).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum/

### Interjection

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ • (as-salāmu ʕalaykum)
* peace be upon you; good day; hello; hail, salaam alaikum, assalamu alaikum
    السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ — وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُas-salāmu ʕalaykum — wa-ʕalaykumu s-salāmuPeace 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 ʕalaykum wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu, “Peace be upon you as well as Allah's mercy and blessings.”)
* سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ (salāmun ʕalaykum)

#### Descendants

* Maltese: is-sliem għalikom
* → Afar: assaláamu qaléykum
* → Albanian: selam alejkum
* → Azerbaijani: əs-səlamu əleykum
* → Bashkir: әссәләмәғәләйкүм (əssələməğələyküm)
* → Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamu alaikum)
* → Bulgarian: сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum)
* → Catalan: salam aleikum
* → Central Kurdish: سەلامو عەلەیکوم (selamu 'eleykum)
* → Chechen: салам алейкум (salam alejkum), ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum)
* → 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
* → 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 alaikkuṁ)
* → Pashto: السلام علیکم (as-salam 'alekom), اسلام علیکم (asalam 'alekom)
* → Persian: سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm 'aleykom)
* → Polish: salam alejkum
* → Portuguese: salamaleque
* → Romanian: al salamalaikum
* → Russian: саля́м але́йкум (saljám aléjkum), сала́м але́йкум (salám aléjkum), ассала́му ’але́йкум (assalámu ’aléjkum) — proscribed
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: селам алејкум
    Latin script: selam alejkum
* → Sicilian: salamaliccu
* → Slovak: selam alejkum, salam alejkum
* → Slovene: selam alejkum
* → Swahili: nzala malekum, nsala malekum, nsala malekun
* → Southern Kurdish: سەڵام عەلێیکوم (sæɫaːm a'aleykum)
* → 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: selamünaleyküm
* → Turkmen: salamaleýkim
* → Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum)
* → Chagatai:
** Uyghur: ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم (essalamu eleykum), ئەسسالام ئەلەيكۇم (essalam eleykum)
** Uzbek: assalomu alaykum

#### See also

* السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ (as-salāmu ʕalayka)
* وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ (waʕalaykumu s-salāmu), وَعَلَيْكُمْ (wa-ʕalaykum) (answer to the greeting)
* عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu) (Islamic eulogy)