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"word": "بلاد الشام"
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"form": "الشَّام",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"informal",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"informal",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "الشَّامُ",
"roman": "aš-šāmu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"nominative",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "الشَّامَ",
"roman": "aš-šāma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"construct",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "الشَّامِ",
"roman": "aš-šāmi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"genitive",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "الشَّام",
"2": "f"
},
"expansion": "الشَّام • (aš-šām) f",
"name": "ar-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "شَام",
"state": "def"
},
"name": "ar-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Arabic terms with usage examples",
"ar:Cities in Syria",
"ar:National capitals",
"ar:Places in Syria"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Old Damascus",
"roman": "aš-šām al-qadīma",
"text": "الشَّام القَدِيمَة",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Damascus (the capital city of Syria)"
],
"links": [
[
"Damascus",
"Damascus#English"
],
[
"capital city",
"capital city"
],
[
"Syria",
"Syria#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "دِمَشْق"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "šām",
"word": "شام"
}
],
"word": "الشام"
}
{
"categories": [
"Arabic definite nouns",
"Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"Arabic feminine nouns",
"Arabic lemmas",
"Arabic masculine nouns",
"Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
"Arabic proper nouns",
"Arabic terms belonging to the root ش ء م",
"Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ش",
"2": "ء",
"3": "م"
},
"expansion": "ش ء م (š-ʔ-m)",
"name": "ar-root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ش",
"2": "م",
"3": "ل",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "ش م ل (š-m-l)",
"name": "ar-root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "اليَمَن"
},
"expansion": "اليَمَن (al-yaman)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sem-pro",
"2": "*yamīn-",
"t": "right-hand side; southward"
},
"expansion": "*yamīn- (“right-hand side; southward”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "שְׂמֹאל",
"t": "left",
"tr": "s'mól"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (s'mól, “left”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "akk",
"2": "šumēlum",
"3": "𒆏",
"t": "left side",
"tr": "šumēlum"
},
"expansion": "Akkadian 𒆏 (šumēlum, “left side”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "סְמָלָא"
},
"expansion": "Aramaic סְמָלָא",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "syc",
"2": "ܣܡܠܐ",
"t": "left side",
"tr": "semālā"
},
"expansion": "ܣܡܠܐ (semālā, “left side”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "uga",
"2": "𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍"
},
"expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sem-srb",
"2": "𐩦𐩱𐩣",
"t": "North"
},
"expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩱𐩣 (s²ʾm, “North”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the root ش ء م (š-ʔ-m), a variant of ش م ل (š-m-l); contrasted with اليَمَن (al-yaman) from *yamīn- (“right-hand side; southward”). Cognate with Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (s'mól, “left”), Akkadian 𒆏 (šumēlum, “left side”), Aramaic סְמָלָא / ܣܡܠܐ (semālā, “left side”), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl). The northern sense derives from the left-hand side oriented with the sunrise, also attested in Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩱𐩣 (s²ʾm, “North”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "الشَّام",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "aš-šām",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ar-decl-noun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"informal",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "الشَّام",
"roman": "aš-šām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"informal",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"informal",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "الشَّامُ",
"roman": "aš-šāmu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"nominative",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "الشَّامَ",
"roman": "aš-šāma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"construct",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "الشَّامِ",
"roman": "aš-šāmi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"genitive",
"singular",
"triptote"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "الشَّام",
"2": "m"
},
"expansion": "الشَّام • (aš-šām) m",
"name": "ar-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "شَام",
"state": "def"
},
"name": "ar-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ar:Regions of Asia"
],
"glosses": [
"Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia, in the Middle East)"
],
"links": [
[
"Greater Syria",
"Greater Syria#English"
],
[
"Levant",
"Levant#English"
],
[
"Western Asia",
"Western Asia#English"
],
[
"Middle East",
"Middle East#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "بِلَاد الشَّام"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "šām",
"word": "شام"
}
],
"word": "الشام"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "Syria; Levant",
"roman": "blād iš-šām",
"word": "بلاد الشام"
},
{
"english": "Damascene; Levantine",
"roman": "šāmi",
"word": "شامي"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ajp",
"2": "ar",
"3": "الشَّام"
},
"expansion": "Arabic الشَّام (aš-šām)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic الشَّام (aš-šām).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "iš-šām",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "f",
"tr": "iš-šām"
},
"expansion": "الشام • (iš-šām) f",
"name": "ajp-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
"lang_code": "ajp",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"South Levantine Arabic feminine nouns",
"South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
"South Levantine Arabic proper nouns",
"South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
"South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
"South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links",
"ajp:Cities in Syria",
"ajp:National capitals",
"ajp:Places in Syria"
],
"glosses": [
"Damascus (the capital city of Syria)"
],
"links": [
[
"Damascus",
"Damascus#English"
],
[
"capital city",
"capital city"
],
[
"Syria",
"Syria#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "دمشق"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃʃaːm/"
},
{
"ipa": "[(ɪ)ʃˈʃæːm]"
}
],
"word": "الشام"
}
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