sama

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noun

A Sufi ritual involving music, dancing, and recitation.

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

sama1

nounsama (uncountable)

alternative sema

  1. uncountableA Sufi ritual involving music, dancing, and recitation.

Sama2

proper nounSama (plural Samas)

plural Samas

Sama3

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Sanya

SAMA4

nounSAMA (plural SAMAs)

plural SAMAs

  1. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of short-acting muscarinic antagonist.

Origin

* As a Catalan surname, from Samà in Catalonia * As an Italian surname, variant spelling of the surname Samà. * As a Hindi/Gujarati surname, from सम्मा (sammā), name of a tribe. See Samma. * As an Asturian-Leonese surname, from Sama in Asturias. * As a Japanese surname, from 狭い (“narrow”), written phonetically as 佐満.

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APA

sama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sama

MLA

“sama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sama. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sama,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sama.

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