शामत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَامَت (šāmat), from Arabic شَامَة (šāma). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What explains the semantic shift from “mole, body mark” to “bad luck, disaster”?”)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.mət̪/, [ʃäː.mɐt̪]
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: शा‧मत

Noun

शामत • (śāmat) f (Urdu spelling شامَت)

1. bad luck, misfortune, adversity; disaster, trouble

   शामत आना ― śāmat ānā ― misfortune or disaster to befall (one) [with पर (par) ‘on (someone)’ or की (kī) ‘of (someone)’]

2. disgrace, infamy (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Declension

Declension of शामत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शामत śāmat	शामतें śāmatẽ
oblique	शामत śāmat	शामतों śāmatõ
vocative	शामत śāmat	शामतो śāmato

Related terms

• शामती (śāmatī)
• शामतज़दा (śāmatzadā)

References

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