Salama
[səˈlɑːmə]Meaning
means "safety" in Arabic, from the root سلم (salima), "to be safe"
Background Story
Salama is an Arabic name meaning "safety", from the root salima, "to be safe". It is also spelled Salamah, and it is used in Albanian, Amharic and Azerbaijani, as well as in Biblical contexts in Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin and Polish. A user submission to the same reference work also records it as a given name.
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