"Sham" meaning in English

See Sham in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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.

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Sham meaning in English (1.5kB)

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