Topic summary
Parting phrase
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Valediction.
Religious and traditional parting phrases
- "As-Salamu Alaykum" or "Salam" ("Peace be upon you"), used among Muslims and Arabs
- "Goodbye", an English parting phrase used in the West, is a contraction of "God be by ye".
- "Khuda Hafiz" ("God protect (you)"), used among Iranians and South AsianMuslims
- "Namaste", parting phrase of Indian origin
- "Shalom" ("Peace"), used among Jewish people as a parting and greeting phrase