शाम
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शाम¹
- /ʃɑːm/ Hindi, Standard
- [ʃä̃ːm] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah. Cognate with Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap, “night”); despite phonetic and semantic similarity, not related to Sanskrit श्यामा (śyāmā, “night, shadow”), which derives from a different root.
शाम²
- /ʃɑːm/ Hindi, Standard
- [ʃä̃ːm] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām), from Arabic الشَّام (aš-šām), originally meaning 'left-hand side', i.e. 'north' (when looking towards sunrise). Compare Gujarati શામ (śām).
proper noun śām · شام
- Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
शाम³
- /ʃɑːm/ Hindi, Standard
- [ʃä̃ːm] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Inherited from Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma).
proper noun śām · شام
- an epithet of Krishna
- a male given name, Sham, from Sanskrit
शाम⁴
- /ʃɑːm/ Hindi, Standard
- [ʃä̃ːm] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Inherited from Sanskrit शम्बा (śambā).
noun śām · شام · शाम · शामों
- ferrule (of a stick, etc.), metal end
In English
- Syria country in West Asia
- evening time of day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight
- Levant the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
- thimble socket in machinery shaped like a thimble
- Syria-Palestine land in and around the eastern Mediterranean Sea
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