Greeting words and phrases

Arabic greeting meaning "Peace be upon you"

thumb |upright |Pressing hands together with a smile to greet namaste – a common cultural gesture in India

thumb|right|250px|Shalom in Hebrew

traditional Muslim greeting

thumb|Flowers arranged to make the word aloha thumb|A license plate from Hawaii bearing the word aloha Aloha ( , Hawaiian: [əˈlohə]) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting. It can be used to welcome or bid farewell to someone also. It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance for native Hawaiians, who use the term to define a force that holds together existence.

( , ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye".

Christian custom, according to which one greet another on Easter with “Christ is risen!”, with the reply “He is risen indeed!” with three times kissing

traditional Jewish Hebrew-language greeting

thumb|"HAVE" Mosaic outside the House of the Faun, [[Pompeii, reflecting the less formal variant of ave.]]

thumb|right|Sign greeting visitors to Nordhastedt, [[Schleswig-Holstein.]] Moin, moi or mojn ; is a Low German, Frisian, High German ( or ), Danish () () greeting from East Frisia, Northern Germany, the eastern and northern Netherlands, Southern Jutland in Denmark and parts of Kashubia in northern Poland. The greeting is also used in Finnish.

thumb|The greeting "Hello" became associated with telephones in the late 19th century. Postcard 1905–1915 Hello (often "hi" in modern English for frequent use) is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826.

Servus, and various local variants thereof, is a salutation used in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe, derived from Latin for 'slave, servant'. It is a word of greeting or parting like the Italian (which also comes from the 'slave' meaning through Venetian ).

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Ahoy () () is a signal word used to call to a ship or boat. It is derived from the Middle English cry, ''. The word fell out of use at one time, but was revived when sailing became a popular sport. 'Ahoy' can also be used as a greeting, a warning, or a farewell.

Greeting in Southern Germany and Austria

standard response to the As-salamu alaykum greeting

Tibetan expression used in greeting, congratulation, and good-luck wishes

thumb|280px|The first stanza of "Namárië", a Quenya poem written in [[Tengwar script |alt=A verse of the song, written in a constructed language and script ]] "Namárië" () is a poem by J. R. R. Tolkien written in one of his constructed languages, Quenya, and published in The Lord of the Rings. It is subtitled "Galadriel's Lament in Lórien", which in Quenya is Altariello nainië Lóriendessë. The poem appears, too, in a book of musical settings by Donald Swann of songs from Middle-earth, The Road Goes Ever On; the Gregorian plainsong-like melody was hummed to Swann by Tolkien. The poem is the lo

Greeting of communists in South Asia

Māori-language greeting

German miners' greeting phrase

interjection

A salutation is a greeting used in a letter or other communication. Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in an English letter includes the recipient's given name or title. For each style of salutation, there is an accompanying style of complimentary close, known as valediction. Examples of non-written salutations include bowing (common in Japan), waving, or addressing someone by their name. A salutation can be interpreted as a signal in which the receiver of the salutation is being acknowledged, respected, or thanked. Another simple but typical example of a

Howdy is an informal salutation in the English language often used in the Southern United States. Originally a shortened form of the inquiry How do ye?, it was first used in Southern England in the 18th century.

Nordic greeting

traditional Muslim greeting

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