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sama

/sˈɑmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
sama
IPA
/sˈɑmə/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Sufi ritual involving music, dancing, and recitation.

Uncountable

name

A surname.

name

Alternative form of Sanya

noun

Initialism of short-acting muscarinic antagonist.

Etymology

* 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sema (alternative) Samas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

LAMA

Rhymes With

obama drama mama lama momma mamma osama comma rama yokohama llama saitama

Questions

How do you pronounce sama?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɑmə/.
What does sama mean?
A Sufi ritual involving music, dancing, and recitation.
Where does sama come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce sama

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