Kalmar “Shamash” tana da ma’anoni daban-daban dangane da mahallin ko al’ada. Ga wasu ma’anoni da aka fi sani da su: A cikin tatsuniyar Mesopotamiya ta d ¯ a, Shamash shi ne allahn rana da adalci, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan alloli na Babila da Assuriya. pantheons. A cikin al'adar Yahudawa, "Shamash" yana nufin kyandir mai taimako da ake amfani da shi a lokacin Hanukkah, wanda ake amfani da shi don kunna sauran kyandir a kan menorah. /li> A Turkanci na zamani, “shamash” na nufin “bawa” ko “mataimaki”. wani nau'in tagulla ko tasa na jan karfe ko tire da ake amfani da shi a cikin abinci na Gabas ta Tsakiya don ba da abinci. ko harshe, kuma za a iya samun wasu ma’anoni da ba a lissafta su a nan.