शाम

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːm/, [ʃä̃ːm]

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah. Cognate with Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap, “night”); despite phonetic and semantic similarity, not related to Sanskrit श्यामा (śyāmā, “night, shadow”), which derives from a different root.

शाम • (śām) f (Urdu spelling شام)

1. evening

   Synonym: सांझ (sāñjh)

   क्या शाम का समय आपके अनुकूल होगा?

   kyā śām kā samay āpke anukūl hogā?

   Will a time in the evening suit you?

Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām), from Arabic شَام (šām), originally meaning 'left-hand side', i.e. 'north' (when looking towards sunrise). Compare Gujarati શામ (śām).

शाम • (śām) f (Urdu spelling شام)

1. Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

From Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma).

शाम • (śām) m (Urdu spelling شام)

1. an epithet of Krishna
2. a male given name, Sham, from Sanskrit

Inherited from Sanskrit शम्बा (śambā).

शाम • (śām) m (Urdu spelling شام)

1. ferrule (of a stick, etc.), metal end

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “शाम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Vṛddhi derivative the root शम् (śam).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.mɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.mɐ/

शाम • (śāmá) stem

1. appeasing, curing, having curative properties

• Monier Williams (1899) “शाम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1065.