Etymology

Shami

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Today it means: A surname from Arabic. Full definition →

Arabic شَامِيّ
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromشَامِيّ“Syrian; Damascene”
  2. English todayShami

Borrowed from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy, “Syrian; Damascene”). This surname is predominantly found in Yemen and Iran.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.