See also: سام

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Proper noun edit

شَام (šāmm

  1. Only used in الشَّام (aš-šām)

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ش ي م (š-y-m)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit

Verb edit

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

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Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 473
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1634
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 690

Burushaski edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Urdu شام (śām), from Classical Persian شَام (šām).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

شام (śaam)

  1. evening

References edit

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “shaam”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017:(in Latin script).

Gujarati edit

Noun edit

شام (śāmf (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. Arabic spelling of શામ (śām)

Noun edit

شام (śāmm (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. Arabic spelling of શામ (śām)

Proper noun edit

شام (śāmm (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. Arabic spelling of શામ (śām)

Khalaj edit

Noun edit

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

  1. Arabic spelling of şâm (evening, supper)

Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic شَام (Šām, Syria, Damascus).

Proper noun edit

شام (Şâm)

  1. Damascus (the capital of Syria)
  2. (historical) Syria (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)
  3. (historical) Syria (a vilayet in the Ottoman Empire)
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: Şam

Etymology 2 edit

From Persian شام (šâm).

Noun edit

شام (şâm)

  1. evening
  2. night
Descendants edit

References edit

  • Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Damas”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 146
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Şâm”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[4], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 711

Persian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? šām
Dari reading? šām
Iranian reading? šâm
Tajik reading? šom

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah.

Noun edit

Dari شام
Iranian Persian
Tajik шом

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)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic شَام (šām).

Proper noun edit

Dari شام
Iranian Persian
Tajik Шом

شام (šâm)

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

Soqotri edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *šim-. Akin to Mehri [script needed] (hemm), Shehri [script needed] (šum).

Noun edit

شام (šɛmm (dual شامي (šɛ́mi), plural شاهم (šóhom))

  1. name
    • 2014, “A Merciful Woman and Diheko”, in Vitaly Naumkin, compiler, Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 1, page 144, line 5:
      ويهاه ملاك وميه شام دحاكو.
      wa-yhe maľák wa-məy šɛm diḥéko
      He was an angel, and his name was Diheko.

References edit

  • Naumkin, Vitaly, et al. (2014) “Glossary”, in Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 660
  • Naumkin, Vitaly, et al. (2018) “Glossary”, in Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 593
  • Leslau, Wolf (1938) “šem”, in Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 418

Urdu edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām).

Noun edit

شام (śāmf (Hindi spelling शाम)

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

References edit

  • شام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • شام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Etymology 2 edit

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

Proper noun edit

شام (śāmm (Hindi spelling शाम)

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

See also edit

Uyghur edit

 
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Other scripts
Perso-Arabic شام
Latin Sham
Cyrillic Шам

Etymology edit

From Arabic الشَّام (aš-šām).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

شام (sham) (plural شاملار (shamlar))

  1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)
  2. Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia, in the Middle East)