salaam
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Villagers greeted his mother, Raja Begam, with a respectful salaam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2017
They begin to sing: Lal lal salaam, lal lal salaam, aane vaaley saathiyon ko lal lal salaam.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2010
On Wednesday, the Kennedy Center named a half-dozen celebrities who will skewer and salaam before the die-hard stand-up comedian and retired “Tonight Show” host.
From Washington Post
Gordon loves the “We’re not worthy” line that Wayne and sidekick Garth salaam to Cooper in the film.
From Newsweek
He had taken to smiling and tipping his head salaam when Mariam passed by.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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The book's only egregious fault is its beginning: there, the author salaams toward Oxford, Miss., as almost every new Southern writer has done for two decades.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She follows me to the door, so I turn and kiss salaams on her cheeks, to disarm her from further questions.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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There were salaams from the benches as people I knew from masjid inquired about Mama and Baba, told me that du'as had been made for their health, and asked if I needed anything.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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I say salaams to Nuah and good-bye to Tats and lie on the couch with my eyes wide open.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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Okay, give my salaams to your parents, and I will talk to you later.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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It was a Mecca to which diplomats either made pilgrimages or salaamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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One Teheran elector dropped his ballot in the box, then salaamed deeply three times to the container.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Italians still salaamed to his face on screens, his name on walls, but there were certain new mental reservations in their reverence.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When they drew abreast he salaamed and said: "Masters, kind gentlemen!"
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
The rajput salaamed with grave dignity, saying the honour pleased him.
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
In desperation, newsmen formed a crescent on Rita's lawn, fell to their knees, salaaming and pleading.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They were brought into camp whimpering and salaaming, and became embarrassingly grateful when it was made clear to them that they were not to be tortured or killed, but set free.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
I purchased two great sackfuls of oysters, a thousand in number, which were brought off to the government tug Active by salaaming peons from the government agent's office.
From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Frederic Courtland Penfield
The great soldier having driven off in full uniform through a throng of salaaming menials of various nationalities, X. entered his humble gharry, and, followed by Usoof and Abu, drove to the Messagerie wharf.
From From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India by Arthur Louis Keyser
Ananda clapped his hands; a servant slipped from a door in the palace, and, salaaming deeply, listened to an order from the prince.
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
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