left hand

5 occurrences across 1 Arabic/Persian root

ش- م- ل

(sh-m-l) — left/north; encompassing; left

“left hand” accounts for 5 of 10 occurrences of this root (50%)

Forms seen

شمال ×3 الشّمال ×1 شِمالِ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

left hand 50% gathering 20% remoteness 10% left 10% include 10%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: شمال: the left hand gleaningsGWB §485: شمال: the left hand prayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: شِمالِ: the left hand epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: شمال: left hand gleaningsGWB §76: الشّمال: left hand

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: