SAW
Translingual
Symbol
SAW
- (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, which serves Istanbul, Turkey.
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Further reading
English
Etymology 1
Interjection
SAW
- (Islam, sometimes proscribed) صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama, “peace be upon him”)
Usage notes
It is commonplace in Islamic culture to follow mention of the prophet Muhammad's name with (SAW) or (PBUH).
As with PBUH, the use of the abbreviation, rather than the full “sallalahu aleyhi wasallam”, is proscribed by some as lazy and insufficiently respectful; see discussion at Wikipedia.
Etymology 2
Noun
SAW (plural SAWs)
- (military, US) A squad automatic weapon or section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun.
- (physics) Initialism of surface acoustic wave.
Coordinate terms
Proper noun
SAW
- (music) Initialism of Stock Aitken Waterman, an English songwriting and record production trio.