samoun

English

Etymology 1

Noun

samoun

1. Obsolete form of salmon.

Etymology 2

Noun

samoun (uncountable)

1. A kind of unleavened Iraqi bread consumed in the Middle East.
   • 2007 October 22, Alissa J. Rubin, “Confusion on Deaths After Fighting in Sadr City”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “I was holding the samoun in my arms in a big bag,” said Ali Saiedi, adding that he was taking the bread home for his eight siblings and his parents.

Anagrams

• namous

Middle English

Alternative forms

• salmon, samen, samon, samone, samown, samun, samwn, saumon, sawmoun, sawmun

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Latin salmōnem, accusative of salmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈmuːn/, /ˈsaːmuːn/, /saˈmuːn/, /ˈsamun/, /ˈsamən/, /sau̯ˈmuːn/, /ˈsau̯mun/

Noun

samoun (plural samoun or samownes)

1. salmon (or its flesh)

Descendants

• English: salmon
  • → Burmese: ဆယ်လမွန် (hcaila.mwan)
  • → Hebrew: סַלְמוֹן (sálmon)
  • → Hindi: सामन (sāman)
  • → Japanese: サーモン (sāmon)
• Scots: saumon, sawmon
• Yola: zamoon

References

• “sā̆mǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.