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Meaning of شام | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

ˈʃaːm

Definitions

dinner, supper (evening meal)
Levant (a cultural region of West Asia consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus)
dusk
archaic
Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
evening
archaic

Equivalents

العربية الشام الشرق اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ بِلَاد الشَّام مشرق

বাংলা শাম

Bosanski levant левант

Čeština Levanta prásknout do bot

Deutsch Levante

Ελληνικά Λεβάντες

English Levant Syria-Palestine

Esperanto Levantenio

Español levante

Suomi Levantti livistää

Français levant levant levant

Galego levante

עברית לבנט עבר נהרה

हिन्दी शाम

Hrvatski levant левант

Հայերեն Լևանտ

Bahasa Indonesia Syam

Italiano levante

日本語レヴァントレバント

ქართული ლევანტი

한국어 레반트

Nederlands Levant

Polski Lewant ulatniać się ulotnić się zwiać zwiewać

Português levante

Русский Левант

Српски levant левант

Svenska Levanten rymma sjappa smita

Тоҷикӣ шом

Türkçe Levant

Українська Левант

اردو شام

Examples

“برای شام چی داریم؟”

What do we have for dinner?

“شام چی داریم؟”

What do we have for dinner?

“سوی شامست این نشان و این خبر / در ره قدسش ببینی در گذر”

This sign and this information lies in the direction of Syria: you will see it as you pass on the way to Jerusalem.

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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Meaning of شام | Babel Free

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