Salaam is a short form of As-salamu alaykum, an Arabic greeting meaning "Peace be upon you". This phrase and the Arabic word Salām سلام 'peace' derive from the Semitic root Š-L-M.
Salaam or Salam may also refer to:
Businesses and organizations
edit- Al-Salam SC, several sports teams
- Salaam TV, independent satellite television channel
- Salaam Bank, commercial bank headquartered in Bosaso, Somalia
- Salaam Somali Bank, commercial bank headquartered in Mogadishu, Somalia
- Salam, defunct newspaper in Iran
- Salam Zgharta FC, Lebanese association football club
- Zee Salaam, Indian Hindi- and Urdu-language Islamic TV channel owned by Zee Network
Music
edit- Salam, film score by Fariborz Lachini
- Salam, song by Alabina
- "Salaam" (song), peace song by Mosh Ben Ari
- Salaam (album), album by Sami Yusuf
- Salam (album), album by Irfan Makki
People
editGiven name
edit- Salaam bin Said Al Shaksy, chief executive
- Salaam Remi, American hip hop record producer
Surname
edit- Abd al-Salam (name)
- Anbara Salam, Lebanese writer and activist
- Ephraim Salaam, American football player
- Florin Salam, Romanian manele singer
- H. Salam (active from 2021), Indian politician in Kerala
- Kawther Salam, Palestinian journalist
- Mohammed Ahmed Salam, Yemeni prisoner
- Abdul Salam Rocketi, Afghan military personnel
- Nawaf Salam, Lebanese diplomat, academic, jurist
- Rashaan Salaam, American football player
- Salim Ali Salam, Lebanese statesman
- Saeb Salam, Lebanese politician
- Tammam Salam, Lebanese politician
- Waleed Al-Salam, mathematician
Places
edit- Salam, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran (also known as Salm)
- Salam, Mali
- Salam Street, Abu Dhabi
Other uses
edit- Operation Salam, covert operation during World War II
- Salaam spasms or epileptic spasms, disorder
- Salam leaf or Indonesian bay leaf, leaf of a plant in the family Myrtaceae
See also
edit- El Salam Maritime Transport
- Lal Salam, salute, greeting or code word used by communists in South Asia
- Salem (disambiguation)
- Salim (disambiguation)
- Selam (Australopithecus), fossil specimen found in Dikika
- Shalom (disambiguation)