ਸਰਮ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شرم (šarm). Compare Middle Bengali শরম (śorom).

Noun

ਸਰਮ (sarama) f

1. shame, modesty

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਰਮ (śaram)

  Shahmukhi script: شَرم (śarm)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਸਰਮ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 40.
• “ਸਰਮ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024