шам

See also: щам and Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	شام
Cyrillic	шам
Latin	şam

Etymology 1

Noun

шам • (şam)

1. shame

Etymology 2

From Persian شمع (šam'), from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ, “candle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃam]

Noun

шам • (şam)

1. candle
2. lamp

Declension

Declension of шам

	singular	plural
nominative	шам (şam)	шамдар (şamdar)
genitive	шамның (şamnyñ)	шамдардың (şamdardyñ)
dative	шамға (şamğa)	шамдарға (şamdarğa)
accusative	шамды (şamdy)	шамдарды (şamdardy)
locative	шамда (şamda)	шамдарда (şamdarda)
ablative	шамнан (şamnan)	шамдардан (şamdardan)
instrumental	шаммен (şammen)	шамдармен (şamdarmen)
similative	шамдай (şamdai)	шамдарда (şamdarda)

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Persian شمع (šam'), from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ, “candle”).

Noun

шам • (şam) (Arabic spelling شام)

1. candle

Tabasaran

Etymology

From Turkic, ultimately from Arabic شمع. Compare Azerbaijani şam.

Noun

шам • (šam)

1. candle

Yazghulami

Noun

шам (šam)

1. stomach

References

• Gavasova Ranobegim, G. R. (2022), “шам”, in Ləɣati suratwara [Ləɣati suratwarā], Dushanbe: R-Graph, page 57