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Tajik
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Persian شَام (šām), borrowed from Arabic شَام (šām).
Pronunciation
Noun
Шом • (Šom) (Persian spelling شام)
- Levant (a cultural region of Western Asia consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus)
- 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)
Further reading
- “Шом”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو (in Tajik), 2025