سمید

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

سمیت‎ (simit)

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (semid, “semolina”), from Arabic سَمِيد‎ (samīd, “semolina”), from Aramaic סְמִידָא‎ /‎ ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ‎ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/samīdu/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/samādu/, “to grind fine”).

Noun

سمید • (simit)

Descendants

Turkish: simit
→ Arabic: سَمِيت / سَمِيط‎ (samīt / samīṭ)
→ Greek: σιμίτι (simíti)

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “سمید”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2677

Persian

Noun

سمید • (samid)

Alternative form of ‎

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