Arabic الشام

← Akkadian 𒆏 (cognate)

← Arabic اليَمَن (mention)

← Aramaic סְמָלָא (cognate)

← Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (cognate)

← Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (mention)

← Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩱𐩣 (cognate)

← Classical Syriac ܣܡܠܐ (mention)

← Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (cognate)

→ Hausa Sham (borrowed)

→ Swahili Shamu (derived)