Salaam (name)
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Salaam or Selam is a Arabic and Ethiosemitic word with multiple usages.
[edit] Etymology
It is pronounced Salaam or Selam and is also spelled salam, (Arabic and Persian: سلام salām, Ge'ez ሠላም śalām, modern selām), literally meaning "peace", derived from the Semitic Triconsonantal of Ś-L-M (realized in Arabic as S-L-M and in Hebrew as Š-L-M). It is cognate with the Hebrew Shalom.
[edit] Usage
As a term or word:
- Assalamu alaikum, an Islamic greeting
- Al-Salam, one of the 99 Names of God
As a given name:
- Saeb Salam
- Mohammed Ahmed Salam
- Mullah Salam
- Ephraim Salaam, an American football player
- Rashaan Salaam, a former professional American football player
- Yusef Salaam, a New Yorker who was convicted for rape and robbery
Other uses:
- Selam (Australopithecus) - A fossil baby of Australopithecus afarensis
- Salaam TV, an independent satellite television channel
Has the same meaning in Ethiopian Language (Amharic) as the Arabic one - Peace!
