سمید

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• سمیت (simit)

Etymology

From Persian سمید (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)

1. semolina
2. 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^[1], Vienna, column 2677

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Persian

Noun

سمید • (samid)

1. Alternative form of سمد