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How to pronounce salaam in English?

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Type Words
Type of bow, bowing, obeisance
Type Words
Type of salute

Examples of salaam

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Salaam aid worker Michel Falhault promises to take us to The Jungle the next day.
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For a sample text, see the article on Gaumii salaam, the Maldives'national anthem.
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Salaam said he will not let his feelings affect how he treats Brown, however.
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Salaam ran for 1,074 yards as a rookie, then fell to 496 yards the following season.
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Salaam recalls seeing his lawyer, a friend of his mother's, asleep during his trial.
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Salaam Remi takes Hamilton into the Curtis Mayfield zone for the creamy title track.
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He expressed particular pleasure at being greeted with the oriental salaam.
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Salaam will work hard to bring along Brown, just as he did in 2006 with Charles Spencer.
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Salaam is an African American convert who has been Muslim for 18 years.
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  • A deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation
  • Greet with a salaam
  • Shin-Lamedh-Mem is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The root meaning translates to "whole, safe, intact". Its earliest known form is in the name of Shalim, the ancient God of Dusk of Ugarit. Derived from this are meanings of "to be safe, secure, at peace", hence "well-being, health" and passively "to be secured, pacified, submitted".
  • Salaam (Hebrew: u05E1u05DCu05D0u05DD) or Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu (Hebrew: u05E2u05D5u05D3 u05D9u05D1u05D5u05D0 u05E9u05DCu05D5u05DD u05E2u05DCu05D9u05E0u05D5) is a song of Mosh Ben Ari composed while in the band Sheva (seven) and is sung in Hebrew and Arabic and that has gained popularity in Israeli folk music. "Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu" means "Peace will come upon us, yet."...
  • A low bow as a ceremonial act of deference; To perform a salaam; A respectful ceremonial greeting performed mostly in Islamic countries
  • A contraction of the arabic salaam-alaikum. An informal Urdu greeting
  • 1. a salutation or ceremonial greeting in the East. 2. an obeisance performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead.
  • A salutory poem written in praise of the holy Prophet.
  • Namaste (Urdu and Hindi greetings, respectively) is an Indian Bollywood movie released on September 9, 2005, directed by Siddharth Raj Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra.