حشمة

Arabic

Root
ح ش م (ḥ-š-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħiʃ.ma/

Noun

حِشْمَة • (ḥišma) f (plural حِشْمَات (ḥišmāt))

1. modesty, decency, decorum, timidity

Declension

Declension of noun حِشْمَة (ḥišma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِشْمَة ḥišma	الْحِشْمَة al-ḥišma	حِشْمَة ḥišmat
Nominative	حِشْمَةٌ ḥišmatun	الْحِشْمَةُ al-ḥišmatu	حِشْمَةُ ḥišmatu
Accusative	حِشْمَةً ḥišmatan	الْحِشْمَةَ al-ḥišmata	حِشْمَةَ ḥišmata
Genitive	حِشْمَةٍ ḥišmatin	الْحِشْمَةِ al-ḥišmati	حِشْمَةِ ḥišmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِشْمَتَيْن ḥišmatayn	الْحِشْمَتَيْن al-ḥišmatayn	حِشْمَتَيْ ḥišmatay
Nominative	حِشْمَتَانِ ḥišmatāni	الْحِشْمَتَانِ al-ḥišmatāni	حِشْمَتَا ḥišmatā
Accusative	حِشْمَتَيْنِ ḥišmatayni	الْحِشْمَتَيْنِ al-ḥišmatayni	حِشْمَتَيْ ḥišmatay
Genitive	حِشْمَتَيْنِ ḥišmatayni	الْحِشْمَتَيْنِ al-ḥišmatayni	حِشْمَتَيْ ḥišmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِشْمَات ḥišmāt	الْحِشْمَات al-ḥišmāt	حِشْمَات ḥišmāt
Nominative	حِشْمَاتٌ ḥišmātun	الْحِشْمَاتُ al-ḥišmātu	حِشْمَاتُ ḥišmātu
Accusative	حِشْمَاتٍ ḥišmātin	الْحِشْمَاتِ al-ḥišmāti	حِشْمَاتِ ḥišmāti
Genitive	حِشْمَاتٍ ḥišmātin	الْحِشْمَاتِ al-ḥišmāti	حِشْمَاتِ ḥišmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: həşəmət
• → Persian: حشمت
  • → Urdu: حَشْمَت (haśmat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حشمت (haşmet)
  • Turkish: haşmet
• → Swahili: heshima
• → Uzbek: hashamat

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حِشْمة (ḥišma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaʃ.ma/

Noun

حشمة • (ḥašma) f

1. shyness

   Synonym: حشومية (ḥšūmiyya)