سمد

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root س م د (s-m-d).

Verb

سَمَدَ (samada) I, non-past يَسْمُدُ‎ (yasmudu)

  1. to raise one’s head by airy emotion

Conjugation

Verb

سَمَّدَ (sammada) II, non-past يُسَمِّدُ‎ (yusammidu)

  1. (obsolete) to divert emotionally
  2. to manure, to fertilize

Conjugation


Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian [Term?], 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). Akin to Sanskrit समिता (samitā, wheat-flour), possibly an Old Persian borrowing.

Noun

سمد (samed or semed)

  1. (obsolete) fine wheat flour
  2. (obsolete) white bread
    • 9th-10th century, Rudaki, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      نانک کشکینت روا نیست نیز
      نان سمد خواهی گرده کلان
      nānak-i kaškīnat rawā nēst nīz
      nān-i simid xwāhī girda-i kalān
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. a kind of twist; simit

Descendants