शामियाना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شامیانه (šāmiyāna). Compare Bengali শামিয়ানা (śamiẏana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.mɪ.jɑː.nɑː/, [ʃäː.mi.jäː.näː]

Noun

शामियाना • (śāmiyānā) m (Urdu spelling شامیانہ)

1. tent, canopy

   Synonym: तंबू (tambū)

Declension

Declension of शामियाना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शामियाना śāmiyānā	शामियाने śāmiyāne
oblique	शामियाने śāmiyāne	शामियानों śāmiyānõ
vocative	शामियाने śāmiyāne	शामियानो śāmiyāno

Descendants

• → English: shamiana

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शामियाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 946