Sham
See also: sham
English
editEtymology
editIt could be from Arabic شَام (šām, literally “Syria”), from which it spread also to Gujarat. Perhaps also an altered spelling of French Cham.
Proper noun
editSham (plural Shams)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sham is the 33810th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Sham is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (69.39%) and White (20.95%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editHausa
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic الشام (aš-šām, “the north”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editShâm f
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- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ش ء م
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
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- English surnames from Arabic
- English surnames from French
- Hausa terms borrowed from Arabic
- Hausa terms derived from Arabic
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa proper nouns
- Hausa feminine nouns
- ha:Syria
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