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peace
Wholeness, completeness, harmony, absence of conflict
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248
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Etymology
Ancient Hebrewshalom(Hebrew)
Wholeness, completeness, harmony, absence of conflict
Encompasses physical safety, social harmony, spiritual wholeness
Proto-Semiticšlm-(Proto-Semitic)
Completion, wholeness across Semitic languages
Root shared across Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic
Biblical Greekeirene(Greek)
Peace, tranquility, absence of war
Often personified as goddess in classical texts
Classical Arabicsalam(Arabic)
Peace, submission, surrender to divine will
Root of Islam (submission) and Islamic greeting as-salaam
Sanskritshanti(Sanskrit)
Peace, tranquility, serenity
Repeated three times in Upanishads for peace at all levels