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شِمال

the left

বাম

Root letters: ش م لAppears 8 times in the Qur'an#980 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 98

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ش م ل

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلشِّمَالِ8 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلشِّمَالِthe leftl-shimāli · 5 times
  • ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖthe leftl-shimāli · 1 times
  • وَشِمَالٍۢ ۖand (on the) leftwashimālin · 1 times
  • بِشِمَالِهِۦin his left handbishimālihi · 1 times

Opposite words

Words from the same root

More words from the root ش م ل — know one root, recognise many words.

  • اشْتَمَلَتْcontainsধারণ করেছে
  • شَمائِلtheir leftবামদিক তাদের

Examples from the Qur'an

And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

Surah 56:41 — Read full ayah

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

Surah 70:37 — Read full ayah

When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive, seated on the right and on the left.

Surah 50:17 — Read full ayah