šlm

To be whole, sound; Common Semitic noun *šalām-, well-being, welfare, peace.

1.

a. shalom; shalom aleichem, from Hebrew šālōm, well-being, peace, from šālēm, to be safe, sound;

b. Absalom, from Hebrew ʾabšālōm, my father (is) peace (see ʾb).

2. schlemiel, perhaps from the Hebrew personal name šəlūmîʾēl, my well-being (is) God, from šəlūm, well-being, variant bound form of šālôm (see above; ʾēl, God; see ʾl).

3. Solomon, from Hebrew šəlōmōh, his (God's) peace, from šəlōm, bound form of šālôm (see above).

4. Salome, from a Hebrew personal name akin to šəlōmît, Shelomith (biblical name), from šālôm (see above).

5. salaam, from Arabic salām, well-being, peace, from salima, to be safe, sound.

6.

a. Islam, from Arabic ʾislām, submission, from ʾaslama, to surrender, resign oneself;

b. Muslim, Mussulman, from Arabic muslim, one who surrenders, active participle of ʾaslama (see above). Both a and b from from Aramaic (Syriac) ʾašlem, to make peace, surrender, derived stem of šlem, to be whole.

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