شام

shām (=S. ँयामा'night'), s.f. Evening:—shām phūlnā, The shades of evening to come on:—shām-ke murde-ko (or mare-ko) kab-tak ro`iye, 'How long can you weep for one who died at eventide?'—used to express a circumstance which is likely to prove a matter of life-long regret. (The expression is taken from the custom, among the relations of a dead person, of venting loud lamentations while the corpse remains in the house. If the death happens in the morning, the body is soon removed; but if towards evening, it remains till next morning; in which case the mourners are apt to be overtaken by sleep):—shām-gāh, s.f. Eventide, evening:—shām-o-saḥar, adv. Morning and evening.