"شام" meaning in Persian

See شام in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ʃɑːm] [Classical-Persian], [ʃɑːm] [Dari, formal], [ʃɑːm] [Dari, formal], [ʃɑːm] [Kabuli], [ʃɔːm] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃɒːm] [Iran, formal], [ʃɔm] [Tajik, formal] Forms: šâm [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَام (šām). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|bor|ar>شَام>Damascus|id=Damascus|text=+}} Borrowed from Arabic شَام (šām). Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun|||||head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|id=|tr=šâm|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=}} شام • (šâm), {{fa-proper noun|tr=šâm}} شام • (šâm)
  1. Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia) Categories (place): Regions of Asia
    Sense id: en-شام-fa-name-qe5Hq~Xh Categories (other): Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Pages with entries, Persian entries with etymology texts, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 4 64 20 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 14 4 0 1 1 1 13 1 13 1 13 1 4 13 Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology texts: 71 18 4 4 3 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 74 20 2 2 2
  2. Damascus (the capital city of Syria) Categories (place): Cities in Syria, National capitals, Places in Syria Synonyms: دمشق
    Sense id: en-شام-fa-name-naMt~VnI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ʃɑːm] [Classical-Persian], [ʃɑːm] [Dari, formal], [ʃɑːm] [Dari, formal], [ʃɑːm] [Kabuli], [ʃɔːm] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃɒːm] [Iran, formal], [ʃɔm] [Tajik, formal] Forms: šâm [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|inh|ira-pro>*xšáfnyah>evening|id=dinner|text=++}} Inherited from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah. Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=šâm|tr2=|tr3=}} شام • (šâm), {{fa-noun|tr=šâm}} شام • (šâm)
  1. dinner, supper (evening meal)
    Sense id: en-شام-fa-noun-EOSFykwu
  2. (archaic) dusk Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-شام-fa-noun-Ka74MZWy
  3. (archaic) evening Tags: archaic Synonyms: عصر
    Sense id: en-شام-fa-noun-5b0IAdEO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: شب (šab)
Etymology number: 1
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        "5": "",
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        "7": "",
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        "f2tr": "",
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        {
          "english": "What do we have for dinner?",
          "roman": "barâ-ye šâm či dârim?",
          "text": "برای شام چی داریم؟ (more literary)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What do we have for dinner?",
          "roman": "šâm či dârim?",
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          "type": "example"
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        "(archaic) dusk"
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        "(archaic) evening"
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        {
          "word": "عصر"
        }
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔːm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɒːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شام"
  ],
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}

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        "6": "",
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Regions of Asia",
          "orig": "fa:Regions of Asia",
          "parents": [
            "Regions",
            "Places",
            "Asia",
            "Political subdivisions",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "4 64 20 4 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 14 4 0 1 1 1 13 1 13 1 13 1 4 13",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology texts",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 20 2 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "english": "This sign and this information lies in the direction of Syria: you will see it as you pass on the way to Jerusalem.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 89:",
          "roman": "suy-e šâm-ast in nešân o in xabar / dar rah-e qods-aš be-bini dar gozar",
          "text": "سوی شامست این نشان و این خبر / در ره قدسش ببینی در گذر",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia)"
      ],
      "id": "en-شام-fa-name-qe5Hq~Xh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Greater Syria",
          "Greater Syria#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Western Asia",
          "Western Asia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fa",
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            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "National capitals",
          "orig": "fa:National capitals",
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            "Capital cities",
            "Cities",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Places in Syria",
          "orig": "fa:Places in Syria",
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            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Damascus (the capital city of Syria)"
      ],
      "id": "en-شام-fa-name-naMt~VnI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Damascus",
          "Damascus#English"
        ],
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "Syria",
          "Syria#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "دمشق"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔːm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɒːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شام"
  ],
  "word": "شام"
}
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    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian proper nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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        }
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    },
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            "1": "ota",
            "2": "شام",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "şâm"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شام (şâm)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شام (şâm)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "şam"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: şam",
          "name": "desc"
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        "tr": "šâm",
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        "tr3": ""
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "fa",
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      "roman": "šab",
      "word": "شب"
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        "Persian terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "What do we have for dinner?",
          "roman": "barâ-ye šâm či dârim?",
          "text": "برای شام چی داریم؟ (more literary)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What do we have for dinner?",
          "roman": "šâm či dârim?",
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "dinner, supper (evening meal)"
      ],
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        [
          "dinner",
          "dinner"
        ],
        [
          "supper",
          "supper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dusk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dusk",
          "dusk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) dusk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evening"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evening",
          "evening"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) evening"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "عصر"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔːm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɒːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شام"
  ],
  "word": "شام"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with etymology texts",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian proper nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "شام",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "śām"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: شام (śām)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: شام (śām)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>شَام>Damascus",
        "id": "Damascus",
        "text": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic شَام (šām).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic شَام (šām).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "šâm",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "šâm",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": "",
        "tr4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "شام • (šâm)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "šâm"
      },
      "expansion": "شام • (šâm)",
      "name": "fa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations",
        "fa:Regions of Asia"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This sign and this information lies in the direction of Syria: you will see it as you pass on the way to Jerusalem.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 89:",
          "roman": "suy-e šâm-ast in nešân o in xabar / dar rah-e qods-aš be-bini dar gozar",
          "text": "سوی شامست این نشان و این خبر / در ره قدسش ببینی در گذر",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greater Syria",
          "Greater Syria#English"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant#English"
        ],
        [
          "Western Asia",
          "Western Asia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fa:Cities in Syria",
        "fa:National capitals",
        "fa: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": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔːm]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɒːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔm]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شام"
  ],
  "word": "شام"
}

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