سلام علیکم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام عَلَيْكُم (salām ʕalaykum).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.lɑ́ːm ʔä.läj.kʰʊ́m]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.lɑ́ːm ʔä.läj.kʰʊ́m]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.lɔ́ːm ʔä.läj.kʰúm]

Readings
Classical reading? salām alaykum
Dari reading? salām alaykum
Iranian reading? salâm aleykom
Tajik reading? salom alaykum

Interjection

Dari سلام علیکم
Iranian Persian
Tajik салом алайкум

سَلام عَلِیْکُم • (salâm 'aleykom)

  1. good day to you, good afternoon, hello, salaam alaikum (a somewhat formal Islamic greeting)

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیکُم وَرَحْمَۃُاللہ وَبَرَکَاتُہ (as-salām alaikum wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu, Peace be upon you as well as Allah's mercy and blessings.)
  • السلام علیکم (as-salām alaikum)

Etymology

From the Arabic سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُم (salāmun ʕalaykum, peace be upon you).

Pronunciation

Interjection

سَلام عَلَیکُم • (salām 'alaikum) (Hindi spelling सलाम अलैकुम)

  1. (Islam) salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)
  • وعلیکم السلام (wālekum assalām, reply)
  • شالوم علیخیم (shalom aleichem)