سَلَامِ peace in Arabic
سَلَامِ is how you say “peace” in Arabic.
Root س ل م s-l-m. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of سَلِمَ, also used substantively). salām.
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Meaning of peace in Arabic
- safety, security; freedom from harm, fault, or affliction one of the verbal nouns (maṣdar) of the verb سَلِمَ ('to be/become safe, secure, or free from evil'), alongside سَلَامَةٌ, سَلَمٌ, سَلْمٌ and سِلْمٌ
- peace, salutation, greeting the noun behind the greeting formula سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ ('peace be upon you'); given as synonymous with تَحِيَّة (salutation)
Example sentence
وَقَالَ تَعَالَى الْمَائِدَة قد جَاءَكُم من الله نور وَكتاب مُبين يهدي بِهِ الله من اتبع رضوانه سبل السَّلَام
And the Exalted said (in Sūrah al‑Mā'idah): “There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book; by it Allah guides whoever follows His good pleasure to the ways of peace.”
السَّلَامِ of peace
Owner-noun, 'peace', completing 'the ways of peace' by following 'ways'. Its owned form supplies the 'of'; the 'the' marks it as the known concept of peace/safety.
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How it is used
سَلَام is the noun tied to the idea of being safe and unharmed, and it is the word used in the standard Arabic greeting سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ, "peace/safety be upon you" — Lane notes it is treated as synonymous with تَحِيَّة, "salutation."
Words from the same root
- سَلِمَ to be/become safe, secure, or free from harm, evil, or fault
- سَلَامَةٌ safety, soundness (the main verbal noun of سَلِمَ)
- سَلَّمَ to make safe/save; to greet or salute; also, to hand over or deliver
- تَسْلِيمٌ salutation; also the act of handing over or delivering something
- سِلْمٌ safety, peace (a variant verbal noun of سَلِمَ)
- سَلِيمٌ safe, sound, unharmed
Common questions
- How do you say "peace" in Arabic?
- سَلَام (salām).
- What is the root of سلام؟
- It comes from the triliteral root س-ل-م (s-l-m), whose base verb سَلِمَ means "to be or become safe, secure, or free from harm."
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).