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شبنم
“night”·“moisture, humidity”
شبنم (šabnam) is a feminine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Urdu, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish.
Azerbaijani and Ottoman Turkish and Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Shabnam.
Meaning & origin
What it means
شبنم is built from elements meaning “night” and “moisture, humidity”.
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Where it comes from
شبنم comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam), from Proto-Iranian *nábah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nábʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos, built from Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- + *-os.
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شبنم’s family of names
In Urdu usage, شبنم has a diminutive in شَبّو. In Persian usage, شبنم has a conventional equivalent in the English form Shabnam. In Urdu usage, شبنم can be written in the Roman alphabet as śabnam.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
شبنم has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Persianwhere شبنم comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named شبنم
- Shabnam SurayyoTajikistani singerborn 1981
- Shabnam MausiIndian politician and hijra activistborn 1955
- Shabnam ToloueiIranian actress, theatre director and playwrightborn 1971
- Shabnam QolikhaniIranian actressborn 1977
- Shabnam MoghaddamiIranian actressborn 1972
- Shabnam RomaniPakistani poet1928–2009
- Shabnam GhorbaniIranian actorborn 1989
- Shabnam FarshadjooIranian actressborn 1978
- Shabnam ShakeelPakistani poet, academic1942–2013
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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