Salaam

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Salam \Sa*lam\ (s[.a]*l[aum]m"), n. [Ar. sal[=a]m peace,
     safety.]
     A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or
     act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing
     the right palm on the forehead. [Written also {salaam}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Salaam \Sa*laam"\ (s[.a]*l[aum]m"), n.
     Same as {Salam}.
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           Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the
           exciseman just as he was folding up that letter.
                                                    --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Salaam \Sa*laam"\, v. i.
     To make or perform a salam.
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           I have salaamed and kowtowed to him.     --H. James.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  salaam
       n : a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation
       v : greet with a salaam

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "salaam":
     bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bending the knee, best wishes,
     bob, bob a curtsy, bob down, bow, bow and scrape, bow down,
     bow the head, bowing and scraping, crouch, curtsy,
     dipping the colors, duck, fall down before, genuflect,
     genuflection, greetings, homage, inclination, kneel, kneeling,
     kowtow, make a leg, make a reverence, make obeisance, making a leg,
     nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, presenting arms, prostration,
     regards, reverence, salaams, salutation, salutations, salute,
     scrape, servility, squat, standing at attention, stoop, submission,
     submissiveness, supination