"Salamat" , a Filipino word for 'Thank you' doesn't actually mean 'thank you' as what most Filipinos believe."Salamat" came from the Arabic word salam or salama (plural: salamat) which means 'good health' and is used to wish someone peace and blessings as in the Muslim standard greeting "As salaam alaikum" which means 'Peace be be unto you'and the corresponding response "Wa alaikum salaam," meaning 'and unto you, peace'; the Indonesian's "selamat detang" and "selamat pagi" meaning 'Welcome' and 'Good morning' respectively with the word "selamat" roughly translating to 'happy, peaceful or safe'

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<td dir="ltr">Look up <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/salamat" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/salamat" dir="ltr">salamat</a> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</td>Salamat is the word for "Thank you" in many <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines" dir="ltr">Filipino languages</a>, including <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language" dir="ltr">Tagalog</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language" dir="ltr">Cebuano</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicol_language" title="Bicol language" dir="ltr">Bikol</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language" dir="ltr">Hiligaynon</a>. It most likely comes from the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triliteral" title="Triliteral" dir="ltr">triliteral</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages" title="Semitic languages" dir="ltr">Semitic</a> root <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-L-M" title="S-L-M" dir="ltr">S-L-M</a>, due to <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab" title="Arab" dir="ltr">Arab</a> influence. 
In the Arabic form, the word is in the feminine plural salāmat سلامت from the singular salāmah .
Salamat in Arabic is equivalent to peace and blessings (a greeting or plural greeting). In Hebrew, סלמאת is <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang" title="Slang" dir="ltr">slang</a> for "Goodbye".
<h2>Other meanings</h2><UL><LI><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HC_Salamat" title="HC Salamat" dir="ltr">HC Salamat</a>, a Finnish ice hockey team</LI><LI><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamat_(song)" title="Salamat (song)" dir="ltr">"Salamat" (song)</a>, a song by the Filipino rock band The Dawn released on the album Beyond the Bend in 1989</LI><LI><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamat_(album)" title="Salamat (album)" dir="ltr">Salamat (album)</a>, a 2007 album by Yeng Constantino
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Salamat is the word for "Thank you" in many <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines">Filipino languages </a>, including <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language">Tagalog </a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language">Cebuano </a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicol_language">Bikol </a>and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiligaynon_language">Hiligaynon </a>. It most likely comes from the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triliteral">triliteral </a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages">Semitic </a>root <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-L-M">S-L-M </a>, due to <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab">Arab </a>influence.

In the Arabic form, the word is in the feminine plural salāmat سلامت from the singular salāmah . Salamat in Arabic is equivalent to peace and blessings (a greeting or plural greeting). In Hebrew, סלמאת is <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang">slang </a>for "Goodbye".

<ul><li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HC_Salamat">HC Salamat </a>, a Finnish ice hockey team </li><li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamat_(song)">"Salamat" (song) </a>, a song by the Filipino rock band The Dawn released on the album Beyond the Bend in 1989 </li><li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamat_(album)">Salamat (album) </a>, a 2007 album by Yeng Constantino </li> </ul>

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