شؤم
Root: شام
Hans Wehr Definition
شؤم šu’m calamity, bad luck, misfortune; evil omen, portent │لا تملأ الدنيا شؤما (tamla’, dunyā) (don’t fill the world with evil omen!) approx.: talk of the devil and he will appear!
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