The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ“peace be upon you”
- English todaysalaam alaikum
Borrowed from Arabic السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”). Doublet of shalom aleichem.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.