Given name · Hindi
शबनम
“night”·“moisture”
शबनम (śabnam) is a feminine given name from Classical Persian. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Shabnam.
Meaning & origin
What it means
शबनम is built from elements meaning “night” and “moisture”.
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How it developed
From Classical Persian شَبْنَم, built from Hindi शब (“night”) + नम (“moisture”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
शबनम’s family of names
In Hindi usage, शबनम has a diminutive in शब्बो. In Hindi usage, शबनम shares a linguistic root with the Bengali form শবনম. In Hindi usage, शबनम has a conventional equivalent in the English form Shabnam.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
शबनम has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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