साम

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɑːm/,

Borrowed from Sanskrit सामन् (sāman).

साम • (sām) m (Urdu spelling سام)

1. a hymn
2. a particular kind of sacred text or verse that is to be chanted

Inherited from Sanskrit शम्ब (śamba).

साम • (sām) m (Urdu spelling سام)

1. a ferule (on an axle, or a handle)
2. bushing, bush
3. a weapon

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɑː.mɐ/

Vṛddhi derivative of सम (samá).

साम • (sāma) stem, n

1. likeness, similarity

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

साम • (sāma) stem

1. undigested, crude, not sufficiently prepared or matured (a morbid state of the humours)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

साम • (sāma) stem, n

1. Combining form of सामन् (sāman)

• Monier Williams (1899) “साम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1204.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /sam/

साम (sām)

1. root

• “साम”, in याम्फु - नेपाली - अङ्ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Yamphu - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2019.