gesiminu

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Sicilian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), via Siculo-Arabic. Cognate with Italian gelsomino.

Noun[edit]

gesiminu m needs inflection

  1. jasmine (Jasminum officinale)
    gesuminu cidratu / di l'Arabbia / di Malta ― Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
    gesuminu di Nàpuli ― Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)

Descendants[edit]

  • → Maltese: ġiżimin, ġiżmin, ġesmina, ġeżmina

References[edit]

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “gesuminu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1832
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “gesiminu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 215
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