Parting phrases

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

thumb|right|250px|Shalom in Hebrew

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".

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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Persian-origin parting phrase

A valediction (; derivation from Latin ), parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, or a speech made at a farewell.