Sam
سام
In Persian, Sam is understood to mean "fire", traced back to an earlier Iranian word for "black".
Meaning and origin
Sam is a hero of the Shahnameh, Ferdowsi's tenth-century epic that gathers Iran's pre-Islamic legends into one long poem.
How to pronounce Sam
| Persian (Iran) | SAHM /sɒːm/ |
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