Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Occupational noun of سَمَك (samak, fish).

Noun

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سَمَّاك (sammākm (plural سَمَّاكُون (sammākūn))

  1. fishmonger
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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سِمَاك (simākpl

  1. plural of variety of سَمَك (samak, fish)

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek σύμμαχος (súmmakhos).

Noun

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سِمَّاك (simmākm (plural سَمَامِكَة (samāmika))

  1. (Egypt, obsolete, 8th century only) a lower-tier provincial official assisting in tax-gathering
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References

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  • Garosi, Eugenio (2022 December 1) “Regional Diversity in the Use of Administrative Loanwords in Early Islamic Arabic Documentary Sources (632–800 CE): A Preliminary Survey”, in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World. From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 413, 431
  • Younes, Khaled (2018 October 18) “New Governors Identified in Arabic Papyri”, in Authority and Control in the Countryside. From Antiquity to Islam in the Mediterranean and Near East (6th–10th Century), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 23