شام

See also: سام

Arabic

Proper noun

شَام (šām) m

  1. Only used in الشَّام (aš-šām)

Etymology 2

From the root ش ي م (š-y-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ma/

Verb

شَامَ (šāma) I, non-past يَشِيمُ‎ (yašīmu)

  1. to have sheathed, to have hidden, to have concealed
  2. to watch, to observe
  3. to expect, to conjecture
Conjugation

Verb

شَامَمَ or شَامَّ (šāmma or šāmama) III, non-past يُشَامُّ or يُشَامِمُ‎ (yušāmmu or yušāmimu)

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Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), شام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 473
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), شام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1634
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), شام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 690

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شام.

Noun

شام (śām) f (Standard Gujarati શામ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. evening

Khalaj

Noun

شام (şâm) (definite accusative شامؽ, plural شاملار)

  1. Arabic spelling of şâm (evening, supper)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَام (šām).

Proper noun

شام (şâm)

  1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria vilayet)
  2. Syria (a vilayet in the Ottoman Empire)
Descendants
  • Turkish: Şam

Etymology 2

From Persian شام (šâm).

Noun

شام (şâm)

  1. evening
  2. night
Descendants

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃɔm/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah.

Noun

Dari شام
Iranian Persian
Tajik шом (šom)

شام (šâm)

  1. dinner, supper
    برای شام چی داریم؟ (more literary)barâ-ye šâm či dârim?What do we have for dinner?
    شام چی داریم؟ (more colloquial)šâm či dârim?What do we have for dinner?
  2. (archaic) dusk
  3. (archaic) evening
    Synonym: عصر ('asr)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَام (šām).

Proper noun

Dari شام
Iranian Persian
Tajik Шом (Šom)

شام (šâm)

  1. Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia)
  2. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)
    Synonym: دمشق (damešq)
Descendants

Urdu

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɑːm/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /ʃɑːm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām).

Noun

شام (śām) f (Hindi spelling शाम)

  1. evening, night
Declension
Declension of شام
singular plural
direct شام (śām) شامیں (śāmẽ)
oblique شام (śām) شاموں (śāmõ)
vocative شام (śām) شامو (śāmo)

References

  • شام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • شام”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām, Greater Syria; Levant), from Arabic الشَّام (aš-šām, Levant; Damascus).

Proper noun

شام (śām) m (Hindi spelling शाम)

  1. Syria (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
  2. (by extension) Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia, in the Middle East)

See also

Uyghur

Noun

شام (sham)

  1. candle
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