Arabic vocabulary
سَلَامِpeace in Arabic
سَلَامِ is how you say “peace” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root س ل م (s-l-m)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of سَلِمَ, also used substantively)Pronounced salām
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)
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
- سَلِمَto be/become safe, secure, or free from harm, evil, or fault
- سَلَامَةٌsafety, soundness (the main verbal noun of سَلِمَ)
- سَلَّمَto make safe/save; to greet or salute; also, to hand over or deliver
- تَسْلِيمٌsalutation; also the act of handing over or delivering something
- سِلْمٌsafety, peace (a variant verbal noun of سَلِمَ)
- سَلِيمٌsafe, 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."
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
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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