सामि

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sāmi (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• সামি (Bengali script)
• සාමි (Sinhalese script)
• သာမိ or သႃမိ (Burmese script)
• สามิ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາມິ (Lao script)
• សាមិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

सामि (sāmi)

1. Devanagari script form of sāmi, which is vocative singular of सामिन् (sāmin, “master”)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sāmí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sāmí, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half, partially”). Cognate with Latin sēmi-, Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), Old English sām- (whence English sam).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑː.mí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɑː.mi/

Adverb

सामि • (sāmí)

1. half
2. partially
3. imperfectly
4. incompletely
5. prematurely
6. too soon

Derived terms

• असामि (asāmi, “full”, literally “not half”)
• सामिकृत (sāmikṛta, “half done”)
• सामिभुक्त (sāmibhukta, “half eaten”)
• सामिचित (sāmicita, “half piled up”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सामि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1206/2.