How to pronounce Shama?

4 entries

Pronunciation of Shama in Karnataka, India

   Slow



Comments:

Pronunciation of Shama in Marblehead, Ohio, United States

   Slow

Shama is pronounced as

sh aw m uh

sh sounds like the 'sh' in 'ship'
aw sounds like the 'aw' in 'law'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'


Shama is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ sh aw m uh ]

sh aw m uh
ship law me up

Type of Name:

Forename

Language:

Arabic

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

Light, Flame, Candle

Additional Information:

[ syll. (s)ha-ma, sh-ama ] The girl name Shama is pronounced -SHAAMah †. Shama's origin is Arabic, and its use, Arabic and Indian. Derived literally from the word shama which means 'light, flame, candle'.

Shama is a baby girl name of irregular use. It is not listed in the top 1000.

† approx English pronunciation for Shama: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


Comments:

Pronunciation of Shama in Marblehead, Ohio, United States

Shaum-uh


Type of Name:

Forename

Language:

Arabic

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

Light, Flame, Candle

Additional Information:

[ syll. (s)ha-ma, sh-ama ] The girl name Shama is pronounced -SHAAMah †. Shama's origin is Arabic, and its use, Arabic and Indian. Derived literally from the word shama which means 'light, flame, candle'.

Shama is a baby girl name of irregular use. It is not listed in the top 1000.

† approx English pronunciation for Shama: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


Comments:

Pronunciation of Shama in Western India

in Urdu, Hindustani, Hindi and Gujarati, it is pronounced as:
shuM(gum)aa(arm)


Type of Name:

first name female. means flame, lit candle, l lamp

Language:

Arabic

Alternate Spelling(s):

sham'aa

Additional Information:

Actual Urdu (not Arabic) pronounciation is sham(a)+aa
but for convenience, it is spoken as shamaa or even shammaa. This practice is common in poetry so as to fit into a particular meter.


Comments:

Similar sounding names


  • Sean
  • Seana
  • Sonam
  • Simon
  • Sienna
  • Sohan
  • Suman
  • Sam
  • Sachin
  • Susan