"Sham" meaning in All languages combined

See Sham on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Shams [plural]
Etymology: It could be from Arabic شَام (šām, literally “Syria”), from which it spread also to Gujarat. Perhaps also an altered spelling of French Cham. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ar|شَام|lit=Syria|tr=šām}} Arabic شَام (šām, literally “Syria”), {{root|en|ar|ش ء م}}, {{der|en|fr|Cham}} French Cham Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Shams}} Sham (plural Shams)
  1. A surname.

Proper name [Hausa]

IPA: /ʃâm/, [ʃâŋ] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: Shâm [canonical, feminine]
Etymology: From Arabic الشام (aš-šām, “the north”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ha|ar|الشام||the north}} Arabic الشام (aš-šām, “the north”) Head templates: {{head|ha|proper noun|g=f|g2=|head=Shâm|sort=}} Shâm f, {{ha-proper noun|f|Shâm}} Shâm f
  1. Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East) Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Asia, Syria Synonyms: Sīr̃iyà
    Sense id: en-Sham-ha-name-anALnJhD Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
  2. the Levant: Syria, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon
    Sense id: en-Sham-ha-name-WVNfGhD5

Inflected forms

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