Social Rituals
سلام علیکم
/ salâm aleykom /
particle · formal Islamic greeting
Meaning
معنی۱
The full phrase is Arabic: as-salâmu ʾalaykum, the standard Muslim greeting across the Islamic world. It comes from the Quran and is part of the social etiquette taught in hadith literature: that a Muslim should greet another Muslim with peace, and that the reply should be equal or better.
In a sentence
مثالسلام علیکم
salâm aleykom
peace be upon you
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
سلام
salâm
hello, peace
درود
dorud
greetings
صبح بخیر
sobh bekheyr
good morning
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
سلام علیکمsalâm aleykom
سلامSalaamدرودdorudصبح بخیرsobh be kheyrعلیکم السلامalaykum-assalâmسلام و درودsalâm o dorudبه سلامتbe salâmatسلام علیکمsalâm aleykom
keeps company with ۶ words
