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As the Maltese language derives from Arabic, it inherited and still uses Arabic terms for religion amongst other things. In the Maldives, "އައްސަލާމް ޢަލައިކުމް" (assalaam 'alaikum) is used as a common formal greeting, used similar to "hello". [18] In Nigeria, the phrase assalamu alaikum is used as a formal greeting by Muslims.
Hello, goodbye, peace Hebrew A Hebrew greeting, based on the root for "completeness". Literally meaning "peace", shalom is used for both hello and goodbye. [6] A cognate with the Arabic-language salaam. Shalom aleichem: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם Peace be upon you [ʃaˈlom ʔaleˈχem] Hebrew
The use of the greeting differs when interacting with non-Muslims such as people of the book (ahlul kitab). Some scholars are divided on the issue. Most believe that when greeted by non-Muslims, Muslims can only respond by stating "wa ʿalaykum" ("and upon you") instead of the longer version, while others suggest replying with a salam.
Arabic (and by extension Maltese), Hebrew, Ge'ez, and Aramaic have cognate expressions meaning 'peace be upon you' used as a greeting: Arabic: As-salāmu ʻalaykum ( السلام عليكم ) is used to greet others and is an Arabic equivalent of 'hello'.
Shalom (Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם šālōm) is a Hebrew word meaning peace and can be used idiomatically to mean hello. [1] [2]As it does in English, [citation needed] it can refer to either peace between two entities (especially between a person and God or between two countries), or to the well-being, welfare or safety of an individual or a group of individuals.
Moroccan Arabic (Arabic: العربية المغربية الدارجة, romanized: al-ʻArabiyyah al-Maghribiyyah ad-Dārija [3] lit. ' Moroccan vernacular Arabic '), also known as Darija (الدارجة or الداريجة [3]), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco.
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The Arabic chat alphabet, Arabizi, [1] Arabeezi, Arabish, Franco-Arabic, 3arabizi,or simply Franco [2] (from franco-arabe) refer to the romanized alphabets for informal Arabic dialects in which Arabic script is transcribed or encoded into a combination of Latin script and Arabic numerals.