Salaam (name)
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This article is about given name Salaam, for other uses of word Salaam please see Salaam.
Salaam or Selam is an Arabic and Ethiosemitic given name.
[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.
People with name Salaam
- 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
[edit] See also
- Abd as-Salam (name)
- List of Arabic names
- Ali Saleem, Begum Nawazish Ali
- Saleem H. Ali
- Saleem
