Sima is a feminine given name that is used in different countries. In

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(Persian: سيما) and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

it is a feminine name. It literally means ''face'' (and a beautiful face by implication). In India, it is usually transcribed “Seema” and also a feminine name. The meaning in Hindi is ''boundary''. It is also a Greek and a Hebrew name. Among Jewish communities, the name Sima (סִימָה) can be from Hebrew and Aramaic, where it means ''treasure''סִימָה
The Academy of the Hebrew Language website or ''precious'', or as a nickname for someone named

Simcha ''Simcha'' ( he, שִׂמְחָה ; , ) is a Hebrew word that means gladness, or joy, and is often used as a given name. Uses The concept of simcha is an important one in Jewish philosophy. A popular teaching by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, a 19th- ...

. Notable people with one of these names: * Sima Bina (born 1945), Iranian musician *

Sima Abd Rabo Sima Abd Rabo (Arabic: سمة عبدربه‎; born 1976 in Damascus, Syria, alt. Abd Rabbo, Abedrabboh) is a Syrian civil society activist and advisor to the government of the United Arab Emirates on public policies and innovation in public admini ...

, Syrian activist * Sima Samar (born 1957), Afghan political figure

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