सामि

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সামি (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬵᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
• সামি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰯𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သာမိ (Burmese script)
• સામિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਾਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌾𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦴꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂰𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಾಮಿ (Kannada script)
• សាមិ (Khmer script)
• ສາມິ (Lao script)
• സാമി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘰𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢗᠮᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧑𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐵𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସାମି (Odia script)
• ꢱꢵꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆳𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖯𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
• සාමි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩛𑩴𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚭𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸாமி (Tamil script)
• సామి (Telugu script)
• สามิ (Thai script)
• སཱ་མི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒰𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨊𑨢𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.7.1:

     व्यस्तम् इव वा एतद् यज्ञस्य यद् इडा सामि प्राश्नन्ति
     सामि मार्जयन्त एतत् प्रति वा असुराणां यज्ञो व्यच्छिद्यत

     vyastam iva vā etad yajñasya yad iḍā sāmi prāśnanti
     sāmi mārjayanta etat prati vā asurāṇāṃ yajño vyacchidyata

     The Ida is as it were a breach in the ritual worship; half they eat, half they wipe; in this regard the ritual worship of the Asuras was broken

2. partially, incompletely
3. imperfectly
4. prematurely, 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.