شامل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَامِل (šāmil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈmil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.mɪ́l]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.mɪ́l]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.mɪ́l]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.míl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.mél̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.míl]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāmil
Dari reading?	šāmil
Iranian reading?	šâmel
Tajik reading?	šomil

Adjective

شامِل • (šâmel)

1. including, comprising

   جهان عرب شامل مناطقی در آفریقای شمالی و غرب آسیا است.

   jahân-e 'arab šâmel-e manâteqi dar âfriqâ-ye šomâli yo ğarb-e âsiyâ ast.

   The Arab world includes regions in North Africa and West Asia.

Descendants

• → Gujarati: સામેલ (sāmel)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शामिल (śāmil)

  Urdu: شامل (śāmil)

• → Marathi: सामील (sāmīl)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ (śāmil), ਸ਼ਾਮਲ (śāmal)

  Shahmukhi script: شامل (śāmil, śāmal)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شامل (šāmil), from Arabic شَامِل (šāmil).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.mɪl/
• Hyphenation: شا‧مِل
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Adjective

شامِل • (śāmil) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शामिल)

1. included, comprised, incorporated
2. associated, involved

Related terms

• مُشْتَمِل (muśtamil)

References

• “شامل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شامل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.