Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Sharma

शर्म
said SHARM
also written: Sharm, sharm, sharam
Meaning

Modesty, bashfulness, shyness; the sweet blush and reticence of the beloved.

Literally: shame, bashful sense of propriety

Usage & notes

Sharm is the capacity to feel shame — the inner blush before what is unworthy. Iqbal sees it as a guardian of character: a person who can still feel shame retains a conscience, while shamelessness signals that the self has gone numb. He links the felt shame of the honourable to their refusal of degradation, the same nerve that fuels ghairat.