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
“We aren’t guys. Is it so hard to say salaam properly to your parents?”
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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
Okay, give my salaams to your parents, and I will talk to you later.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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
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
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
It was a Mecca to which diplomats either made pilgrimages or salaamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
One Teheran elector dropped his ballot in the box, then salaamed deeply three times to the container.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
“What d’you mean?” she exclaimed angrily, but he only smiled at her, and salaamed.
From Burning Sands by Arthur Weigal
The shikari grinned with delight; he salaamed the major in gratitude.
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
"Hazur, thy servant's heart leaps for joy," said Ahmed, salaaming, and Minghal sprang to the saddle.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
She did not understand at first, but the owners, salaaming behind their sweating cargadores, explained that they were to be hers during her stay.
From Caybigan by James Hopper
Ching Wang, however, paid no attention to this violent tirade, only salaaming humbly and looking the very picture of meekness and contrition.
From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by William Heysham Overend
He stepped on to the trolley and sat down, as Ali, saluting and salaaming respectfully, again bade him be of good cheer and high heart, as he would see him at Kilindini.
From Cupid in Africa by P. C. Wren
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