সামী

See also: শামী

Bengali

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /sami/, [ˈsamiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /sami/, [ˈsamiˑ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سامی (sâmî), from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī, “high, elevated”). Doublet of আসমা (aśoma), ইসমে আজম (iśome ajom), and সামিয়া (śamiẏa).

Alternative forms

• সামি (śami)

Proper noun

সামী • (śami)

1. a male given name, Sami, from Arabic

   Coordinate term: সামিয়া (śamiẏa)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “সামী” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَامِيّ (sāmiyy).

Adjective

সামী • (śami) (comparative আরও সামী, superlative সবচেয়ে সামী)

1. Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
2. Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

Noun

সামী • (śami) (objective সামী (śami) or সামীকে (śamike), genitive সামীর (śamir), locative সামীতে (śamite))

1. Semite, the Semitic people

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• sāmī (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• सामी (Devanagari script)
• සාමී (Sinhalese script)
• သာမီ or သာမဳ or သႃမီ (Burmese script)
• สามี (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᨾᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາມີ (Lao script)
• សាមី (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄟𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

সামী

1. Bengali script form of sāmī, which is inflection of সামিন্:
   1. nominative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural (sāmin, “master”)