சமம்
Tamil edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit सम (sama, “equal, same”).
Alternative forms edit
- சமன் (camaṉ)
Adjective edit
சமம் • (camam)
- equal, same, even
- Synonym: ஈடு (īṭu)
- வீட்டில் உனக்குள்ள சம உரிமை எனக்கும் உள்ளது.
- vīṭṭil uṉakkuḷḷa cama urimai eṉakkum uḷḷatu.
- I have the same rights as you do in the house.
Noun edit
சமம் • (camam)
- likeness, similarity, equality
- like or similar object
- impartiality, fairness
- even number
- evenness, levelness
- (poetry) stanza in which all the lines have the same number of feet
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly from Sanskrit समर (samara).
Noun edit
Etymology 3 edit
Possibly from Sanskrit घर्म (gharma).
Noun edit
- midsummer
- Synonym: முதுவேனில் (mutuvēṉil)
References edit
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “சமம்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]