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'''Shams''' is the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word for "sun" ({{lang|ar|شمس}}), originally refering to a polytheistic [[solar deity]] (see [[Shapash]]).<ref>J. F. Breton (Trans. Albert LaFarge), Arabia Felix From The Time Of The Queen Of Sheba, Eighth Century B.C. To First Century A.D., 1998, University of Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame (IN), pp. 119-120.</ref><ref>Julian Baldick (1998). Black God. Syracuse University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0815605226.</ref><ref> Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions, 1999 - 1181 páginas</ref><ref>J. Ryckmans, "South Arabia, Religion Of", in D. N. Freedman (Editor-in-Chief), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 1992, Volume 6, op. cit., p. 172</ref> |
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'''Shams''' is the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word for "sun" ({{lang|ar|شمس}}). |
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Revision as of 20:17, 12 July 2016
Shams is the Arabic word for "sun" (شمس), originally refering to a polytheistic solar deity (see Shapash).[1][2][3][4]
The word may refer to:
Arabic use
- Ain Shams University, a university located in Cairo, Egypt
- Al-Shams (newspaper), Libyan government newspaper till 2011
- Ash-Shams, the 91st surah of the Quran
- Shams, a defunct Saudi newspaper
- Shams Abu Dhabi, a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Shams solar power station, a planned concentrating solar power station in the United Arab Emirates
- Shamss Ensemble, music group performing Iranian and Sufi music
People
- The Arabic word is a common male (and a rare female) given name in African, Middle Eastern and a few South Asian countries. The name may refer to:
- Shams Badran, Egyptian military officer
- Shams al-Baroudi, Egyptian actress
- Shams Langeroodi, contemporary Iranian poet
- Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, an alternate name for Iltutmish, the third Muslim Turkic sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi
- Shams Pahlavi, elder sister of Shah of Iran, the last king of the Iranian monarchy
- Shams Tabrizi, an Iranian Sufi mystic
- Ibrahim Shams, Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
- Shams (singer), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer
Places
- Ain Shams, neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt
- Jebel Shams, a mountain in Oman
- Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights
- Shams-e Bijar, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
English use
- The word also has an English meaning, as the plural of sham, a synonym for hoax or fraud. It may also refer to:
- The Shams, an all-female folk pop trio from New York
- Shamrock Rovers F.C., a football club playing in the League of Ireland
- Term for a kind of decorative pillow
See also
- ^ J. F. Breton (Trans. Albert LaFarge), Arabia Felix From The Time Of The Queen Of Sheba, Eighth Century B.C. To First Century A.D., 1998, University of Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame (IN), pp. 119-120.
- ^ Julian Baldick (1998). Black God. Syracuse University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0815605226.
- ^ Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions, 1999 - 1181 páginas
- ^ J. Ryckmans, "South Arabia, Religion Of", in D. N. Freedman (Editor-in-Chief), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 1992, Volume 6, op. cit., p. 172