Arabic

Noun

شِمَال • ‎(šimāl) f ‎(plural أَشْمُل ‎(ʾašmul) or شَمَائِل ‎(šamāʾil) or شُمُل ‎(šumul))

1. left side
2. left hand
3. bad omen
4. handful of ears

Declension

References

• “شمال” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شمال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

شِمَال • ‎(šimāl) m ‎(plural شَمَائِل ‎(šamāʾil))

1. (often plural) natural disposition, character, virtues
2. case, sheath

Declension

References

• “شمال” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شمال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

See above. According to Lane (Lane's Lexicon, Book I, p. 1611, entry شَمَال under root ش م ل ‎(š-m-l)), so named because the north is on the left when facing the rising sun.

Pronunciation

Noun

شَمَال or شِمَال • ‎(šamāl or šimāl) m

1. north

Declension

Noun

شَمَال or شِمَال • ‎(šamāl or šimāl) f ‎(plural شَمَالَات ‎(šamālāt) or شِمَالَات ‎(šimālāt))

1. north wind

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شمال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “شمال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَمَال ‎(šamāl).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈmɒːl/

Noun

شمال • ‎(šomâl)

1. north
2. Northern Iran

Derived terms

• شمالی

Synonyms

• آپا ‎(âpâ)