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The noun إسلام "Islam" is the masdar (literally "source", but in Arabic grammar "verbal noun") of the verb أسلم "aslama" meaning "to give up, to submit, to surrender, to give into, or to hand over." "Islam" in its literal sense thus means "submission", "surrender" or "giving up" though of course it is also the name of the religion to which this Wiki is devoted. "Aslama" is the verbal form IV, in Arabic grammar وزن أفعل "wazn afa'ala", from the root s-l-m س-ل-م. The root س-ل-م s-l-m is also the root of the word سلام "salaam" meaning "peace." As with all Arabic words and roots, it should be remembered that the root doesn't have a particular meaning but rather a swarm of semantic relations often produced by history and analogy, and thus words derived from the same root came have very | The noun إسلام "Islam" is the masdar (literally "source", but in Arabic grammar "verbal noun") of the verb أسلم "aslama" meaning "to give up, to submit, to surrender, to give into, or to hand over." "Islam" in its literal sense thus means "submission", "surrender" or "giving up" though of course it is also the name of the religion to which this Wiki is devoted. "Aslama" is the verbal form IV, in Arabic grammar وزن أفعل "wazn afa'ala", from the root s-l-m س-ل-م. The root س-ل-م s-l-m is also the root of the word سلام "salaam" meaning "peace." As with all Arabic words and roots, it should be remembered that the root doesn't have a particular meaning but rather a swarm of semantic relations often produced by history and analogy, and thus words derived from the same root came have very different meanings despite a common linguistic heritage. | ||
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|The stinging of a snake or the tanning of the leather | |The stinging of a snake or the tanning of the leather | ||
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| | |Sullam | ||
|<font size="5"> | |<font size="5"> <big>سلّم</big></font> | ||
| | |a ladder or flight of stairs | ||
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|Saleem | |Saleem | ||
|<font size="5"> سليم</font> | |<font size="5"> سليم</font> | ||
| | |Safe from harm, undamaged | ||
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|Aslam | |Aslam | ||
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|Istaslama | |Istaslama | ||
|<font size="5"> | |<font size="5"> استسلام</font> | ||
|To surrender | |To surrender | ||
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| | |Salamlik | ||
|<font size="5"> | |<font size="5">سلاملك</font> | ||
| | |Reception room, greeting room, parlor | ||
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|Tasleem | |Tasleem | ||
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|A common translation proposed for | |A common translation proposed for Islam in English and other languages is "peace." The root of this idea is that' 'Islam, meaning 'submission', shares a root word with Salaam, meaning 'peace', however the existence of these two words with the same root in no way necessarily implies a semantic relationship between the two. By way of example with the same root, there is no a relationship between the meanings of the derivations of the verb سلم Salama, meaning to be safe and sound, and سلّم sullam, meaning a ladder. There may be an analogy from which one was formed from another or an opaque historical connection that links these two words, but there is not obvious semantic connection. | ||
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