salaam

verb
🔊/səˈlɑːm/
🔊/səˈlɑːm/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they salaam
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he / she / it salaams
🔊/səˈlɑːmz/
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past simple salaamed
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past participle salaamed
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-ing form salaaming
🔊/səˈlɑːmɪŋ/
🔊/səˈlɑːmɪŋ/
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  1. salaam (somebody) (in some Eastern countries) to say hello to somebody in a formal way by bending forward at the middle part of your body and putting your right hand on your forehead行额手礼(一些东方国家正式问候的方式,右手置额前鞠躬)
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Arabic (al-)salām (‘alaikum) ‘peace (be upon you)’.

salaam

noun
🔊/səˈlɑːm/
🔊/səˈlɑːm/
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  1. (in some Eastern countries) a way of saying hello to somebody in a formal way by bending forward at the middle part of your body and putting your right hand on your forehead行额手礼(一些东方国家正式问候的方式,右手置额前鞠躬)