Lal Salam

Lal Salam (transl."Red salute") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by communists in South Asia. The phrase is a compound of lāl, meaning "red" in Hindi–Urdu, and Salām, meaning "salute".

References

  1. ↑ Sreekumar, P. (5 March 2020). "Contact and the Development of Malayalam". The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact. Oxford University Press. p. 518–539. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199945092.013.23. ISBN 978-0-19-994509-2.

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