شمیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَمِيم (šamīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.ˈmiːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.míːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.míːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.míːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.míːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.mím]

Readings
Classical reading?	šamīm
Dari reading?	šamīm
Iranian reading?	šamim
Tajik reading?	šamim

Noun

شمیم • (šamim)

1. fragrance, pleasant scent
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 99”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     نسیم مشک تاتاری خجل کرد
     شمیم زلف عنبر بوی فرخ

     nasīm-i mušk-i tātārī xajil kard
     šamīm-i zulf-i anbar bō-yi farrux

     The fragrance of her blessed amber-scented locks
     Has put the breeze of Tatar musk to shame.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شمیم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim