Şam
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلشَّام (aš-šām).
Proper noun
Şam ?
- 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)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish شام (Şam, “Damascus, Syria”), from Arabic اَلشَّام (aš-Šām, “Syria, Damascus”).
Proper noun
Şam
- 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)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Şam |
| accusative | Şam'ı |
| dative | Şam'a |
| locative | Şam'da |
| ablative | Şam'dan |
| genitive | Şam'ın |