Save Gender Masculine Usage Punjabi, Indian (Sikh), Bengali, Nepali Scripts ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ੇਰ(Gurmukhi) शमशेर(Hindi, Nepali) Other Forms FormsShumsher (Nepali) Meaning & History From Persian شمشیر (šamšir) meaning "sword, scimitar, shamshir".