Salamat is the word for "thank you" in many
Filipino dialects, including
Tagalog,
Cebuano,
Bikol,
Hiligaynon, and
Waray. It most likely comes from the
triliteral
The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals" (hence the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the vowels ...
Semitic root
S-L-M, due to indirect
Islamic influence from the 14th century until the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century.
In predominantly
Muslim parts of the Philippines or among
Filipino Muslims, the commonly used term for "thank you" is instead ''sukran'', ''syukran'', or ''sukor''/''magsukul''. These are direct loanwords from Arabic ''
shukran/shukr''. ''Salamat'' has the meaning of ''peaceful'' or ''blessed'', as it does with other Muslim groups in Southeast Asia. Salamat can be used as a greeting such as ''Salamat hari raya puwasa/hajji'' as indigenous equivalents of the global Islamic greeting of
Eid Mubarak
Eid Mubarak is an Arabic term that means “Blessed feast/festival'”. The term is used by Muslims all over the world. Internationally Muslims use it as a greeting on the feast. In the social sense, people usually celebrate Eid al-Fitr after Ram ...
). (See Malay
selamat).
In the Arabic form, the word is in the feminine plural ''salāmat'' سلامة from the singular ''salāmah''. Salamat in Arabic is equivalent to "peace and blessings" (a greeting or plural greeting). In Hebrew, סלמאת is
slang
Slang is vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in spoken conversation but avoided in formal writing. It also sometimes refers to the language generally exclusive to the members of particular in-g ...
for "Goodbye".
Other usage
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HC Salamat
Hockey Club Kirkkonummen Salamat or HCK Salamat are a Finnish ice hockey team in the III-divisioona, the fifth-tier men's ice hockey league in Finland. They play in Kirkkonummi, a municipality in the western Greater Helsinki region, at Varuboden ...
, a Finnish ice hockey team
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"Salamat" (song), a song by the Filipino rock band The Dawn released on the album ''Beyond the Bend'' in 1989
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''Salamat'' (album), a 2007 album by Yeng Constantino
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"Salamat" (Yeng Constantino song), its title track
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Salamat, Bavi, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
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Salamat, Behbahan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
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Salamat, Shushtar, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
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Salamat, West Azerbaijan, Iran
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Salamat Prefecture, a prefecture of Chad
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Salamat Region
Salamat is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. The region's capital is Am Timan. It corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name.
Geography
Salamat borders Sila Region to the north, the Central ...
, a region of Chad
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Bahr Salamat
Bahr Salamat is a seasonally intermittent river in Chad. It flows southwards, and is a tributary of the Chari River.
When the Bahr Salama river is flowing, it runs through the community of Am Timan
Am Timan (Arabic: أم تيمان, ''ʾUmm T ...
, a river in Chad
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