| Eastern Syriac : | ܐܫܝܼܡܵܐ |
| Western Syriac : | ܐܫܺܝܡܳܐ |
| Eastern phonetic : | i ' ši: ma |
| Category : | noun |
| [Humanities → Geography] | |
| English : | a waste-land , a desert , a desolate place , the wilderness |
| French : | un désert , un terrain vague , un endroit désolé , la nature (hostile) |
| Dialect : | Urmiah |
| Hebrew : | sh ma :ma שמָמָה |