FromProto-Semitic*śimāl-. Cognate withHebrewשְׂמֹאל(s'mól,“left”),Akkadian𒆏(šumēlum,“left side”),Aramaicסְמָלָא(səmālā) /ܣܡܠܐ(semmālā,“left side”),Ugaritic𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍(šmảl). The north sense derives from the left-hand side facing the sunrise, also attested inSabaean𐩠𐩦𐩱𐩣𐩡(hs²ʾml,“to be northward”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.maːl/

شِمَال• (šimāl) f (pluralأَشْمُل(ʔašmul)orشَمَائِل(šamāʔil)orشُمُل(šumul))

1. lefthand
2. leftside
3. badomen
4. handful ofears

• يَسَار(yasār)

• يَمِين(yamīn)

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “شمال”, inArabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شمال”, inThe Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• “Proto-Semitic Root: *ŝimaʔl-; Number 2218” inGeorgiy Starostin,Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.

From the rootش م ل(š m l) meaning “tobundle, “towrap”, “tohuddle”, “to becold” – such senses are influenced by the cold-dry northerly wind necessitating wrapping up with clothes.

شِمَال• (šimāl) m (pluralشَمَائِل(šamāʔil))

1. case,sheath,wrapping

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “شمال”, inArabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شمال”, inThe Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

From the rootش م ل(š m l) meaning “to beleftward” – the north direction being the left-hand side facing the sunrise; constrast withاَلْيَمَن(al-yaman), originally denoting one's right-hand side, before developing the sense of "the south". Additionally it is relatable to the root meaning “tobundle” or “towrap”, as the cold northern wind necessitated wrapping up with clothes, contrasting withجَنُوب(janūb,“south”) from the rootج ن ب(j n b) meaning “changing”, “laying aside” clothes, the warm southern wind allowing to put off clothes.

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.maːl/

• Audio:

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شَمَال• (šamāl) m

1. north

compass points:اِتِّجَاهَاتالْبَوْصَلَةِ(ittijāhāt al-bawṣalati): ^[edit]

شَمَال غَرْبِيّ(šamāl ḡarbiyy)	شَمَال(šamāl)	شَمَال شَرْقِيّ(šamāl šarqiyy)
غَرْب(ḡarb)		شَرْق(šarq)
جَنُوب غَرْبِيّ(janūb ḡarbiyy)	جَنُوب(janūb)	جَنُوب شَرْقِيّ(janūb šarqiyy)

شَمَال• (šamāl) f (pluralشَمَالَات(šamālāt))

1. northwind

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “شمال”, inArabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شمال”, inThe Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “شمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor,A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services,→ISBN

Borrowed fromArabicشَمَال(šamāl).

شمال• (šimal)

1. north

• Uyghur:شىمال(shimal,“north”)
• Uzbek:shimol(“north”)

شمال• (šemal)

1. wind

• Uyghur:شامال(shamal,“wind”)
• Uzbek:shamol(“wind”)

FromArabicشَمَال(šamāl).

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.maːl/

شمال• (šamāl) m

1. north

compass points:اِتِّجَاهَاتالْبوصَلَة(ittijāhāt al-būṣala): ^[edit]

شَمَال غَرْب(šamāl ḡarb)	شَمَال(šamāl)	شَمَال شَرْق(šamāl šarg)
غَرْب(ḡarb)		شَرْق(šarg)
جَنُوب غَرْب(janūb ḡarb)	جَنُوب(janūb)	جَنُوب شَرْق(janūb šarg)

• شَمالي(šamāli,“northern”)

FromArabicشِمَال(šimāl).

• IPA^(key): /ʃu.maːl/,[ʃʊ.maːl]

شمال• (šumāl) m

1. (rare)left

   Synonym:يَسار(yasār)

FromArabicشَمَال(šamāl).

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.maːl/

شمال• (šamāl) m

1. north

• شمالي(šamāli,“northern”)

compass points: ^[edit]

	شمال(šamāl)
غرب(ḡarb)		شرق(šarq)
	جنوب(janūb)

FromArabicشِمَال(šimāl).

• IPA^(key): /ʃmaːl/

شمال• (šmāl) m

1. left

• شمالي(šmāli,“left-handed”)

Borrowed fromArabicشَمَال(šamāl).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈmɑl, ʃaˈmɑl/

شمال• (šimāl) m

1. north

compass points: ^[edit]

شمال لوېديځ	شمال	شمال ختيځ
لوېديځ		ختيځ
جنوب لوېديځ	جنوب	جنوب ختيځ

• شمالي

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “شمال”, inPashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Borrowed fromArabicشَمَال(šamāl).

شمال• (šomâl)

1. north

   Synonym:اپاختر(apaxtar)

2. north wind

   Synonym:باد شمال(bâd-e šomâl)

3. (Iran, colloquial)Northern Iran

   Synonym:شمال ایران(šomâl-e irân)

4. (Tajik)wind

   Synonym:باد(bâd)

• In Tajik Persian,шимол(šimol) (شِمال) refers to "north", whileшамол(šamol) (شَمال) refers to "wind". These are etymologically doublets, and not phonetically or orthographically distinguished in Iranian Persian.

• شمالی(šomâli)

FromArabicشِمَال(šimāl).

• IPA^(key): /ʃmaːl/,[ʃmæːl]

• Audio(Jerusalem):

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شمال• (šmāl) m

1. left

   Antonym:يمين(yamīn)

FromArabicشَمَال(šamāl).

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.maːl/,[ʃaˈmæːl]

• Audio(Ramallah):

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شمال• (šamāl) m

1. north

• شمالي(šamāli,“northern”)

compass points: ^[edit]

	شمال(šamāl)
غرب(ḡarb)		شرق(šarq)
	جنوب(janūb)

UrduWikipedia has an article on:

شمال

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Borrowed fromClassical Persianشُمَال(šumāl)

• (Standard Urdu)IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.mɑːl/,/ʃɪ.mɑːl/

• Audio(Pakistan):

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• Rhymes:-ɑːl

شُمالorشِمال• (śumālorśimāl) m (Hindi spellingशुमालorशिमाल)

1. north

compass points: ^[edit]

شمال مغربی	شمال	شمال مشرقی
مغرب		مشرق
جنوب مغربی	جنوب	جنوب مشرقی

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

شمال (šmāl)

1. lightspray

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