שְׂמֹאל • (s'mól) m
From Proto-Semitic. Cognate with Arabic شَمَالٌ (šamāl, “north”), Akkadian 𒆏 (GÚB, šumēlu, “left side”), Aramaic סְמָלָא / ܣܡܠܐ (semālā, “left side”), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmal).
