سمید

Ottoman Turkish

سمید

Alternative forms

• سمیت (simit)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمید (semid, “semolina”) or Arabic سَمِيد (samīd, “semolina”), both from Aramaic סְמִידָא (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”).

Noun

سمید • (simid) (definite accusative سمیدی (simidi), plural سمیدلر (simidler))

1. semolina, coarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling

   Synonym: ایرمیك (irmik)

2. simit, a ring-shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds found in the Middle East

Derived terms

• سمیدجی (simidci, “maker or seller of simit”)

Descendants

• Turkish: simit
• → Arabic: سَمِيت / سَمِيط (samīt / samīṭ)
• → English: simit
• → Greek: σιμίτι (simíti)
• → Romanian: simit

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “simit1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4246
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “سمید”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 275b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 692
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Simila”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1556
• 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^[4], Vienna, column 2677
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “simit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1079

Persian

Noun

سمید • (samid)

1. Alternative form of سمد