# شرم
## Arabic
### Etymology

From root ش ر م (š r m) related to tearing, cleaving and wounding.

### Verb

شَرَمَ • (šarama) I (non-past يَشْرِمُ (yašrimu), verbal noun شَرْم (šarm))
* to tear, to rip

#### Conjugation
### Verb

شَرَّمَ • (šarrama) II (non-past يُشَرِّمُ (yušarrimu), verbal noun تَشْرِيم (tašrīm))
* (with ه (h)) to tear apart

#### Conjugation
### Noun

شَرْم • (šarm) m (plural شُرُوم (šurūm))
* a cleave, a split
* an abyss, ocean trench
* bay, gulf
    Synonyms: خَلِيج (ḵalīj), جون (jōn)
    شَرْمُ ٱلشَّيْخِ ― šarmu š-šayḵi ― 'The Bay of the Sheikh', known in Egyptian as Sharm El Sheikh
* fissure in a mountain that does not pass through

#### Declension
### References

* Maqayees al-Lughah by Ibn Faris (d. 1004 CE) مقاييس اللغة لإبن فارس

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaram/

### Noun

شرم • (šaram) m
* shame

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭥𐭬 (šarm), from Proto-Iranian *fšarma- (“shame”), from *fšar- (“to shame, be ashamed”), from Proto-Indo-European *pḱormo- (“shame, suffering, pain”), from *pḱer- (“to suffer, feel grief and shame”). Cognate with Khotanese [script needed] (kṣär-, “be ashamed”), Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀 (fšar$^ə$ma, “shame”), Proto-Slavic *sȏrmъ (“shame”), and English harm.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʃaɾm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäɾm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäɾm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʃäɾm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʃäɾm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʃæɹm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʃäɾm]

### Noun

شرم • (šarm)
* shame

#### Related terms

* شرمسار (šarmsâr)
* شرمساری (šarmsâri)
* شرمگاه (šarmgâh)
* شرمنده (šarmande)

#### Descendants

* → Middle Bengali: শরম (śorom)
** Bengali: শরম (śorom)
* → Gujarati: શરમ (śaram)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: शर्म (śarm)
    Urdu: شَرْم (śarm)
* → Maithili: saram
    Devanagari script: सरम
    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒧
* → Marathi: शरम (śaram)
* → Marwari: शरम (śaram), सरम (saram)
* → Odia: ଶରମ (śarama)
* → Nepali: शरम (śaram), सरम (saram)
* → Old Punjabi: ਸਰਮ (sarama)
** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਰਮ (śaram)
    Shahmukhi script: شَرم (śarm)
* → Sindhi: śarmu
    Arabic script: شُرْمُ
    Devanagari script: शरमु
* → Ushojo: شرم (šarm)

### References

* ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
* ↑ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
* ↑ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 243
* ↑ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 81

## Urdu
### Etymology

From Classical Persian شرم (šarm).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ʃəɾm/

### Noun

شَرْم • (śarm) f (Hindi spelling शर्म)
* shame

#### Derived terms

* شرم گاہ (śarm-gāh, “genitalia”)

### References

* “شرم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شرم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “شرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* “شرم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu شرم (šarm).

### Noun

شرم (šarm)
* embarrassment, bashfulness, shame