Sami
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Northern Sami Sápmi,[1] from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sami (plural Sami or Samis)
- A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
Translations
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Proper noun
[edit]Sami (plural Samis)
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Adjective
[edit]Sami (not comparable)
- Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ethnologue entry for Akkala Saami, sia
- Ethnologue entry for Inari Saami, smn
- Ethnologue entry for Kemi Saami, sjk
- Ethnologue entry for Kildin Saami, sjd
- Ethnologue entry for Lule Saami, smj
- Ethnologue entry for North Saami, se
- Ethnologue entry for Pite Saami, sje
- Ethnologue entry for Skolt Saami, sms
- Ethnologue entry for South Saami, sma
- Ethnologue entry for Ter Saami, sjt
- Ethnologue entry for Ume Saami, sju
Etymology 2
[edit]Derived from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī), from the informal pronunciation of سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, exalted”).
Proper noun
[edit]Sami
- A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Samantha.
Proper noun
[edit]Sami (plural Samis)
- A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
Etymology 4
[edit]Borrowed from Tamil சாமி (cāmi).
Noun
[edit]Sami (plural Samis)
- Alternative form of swami.
References
[edit]- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
[edit]Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | Сами | |
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Abjad | سامی |
Etymology
[edit]Derived from Arabic سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, elevated”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sami
- a male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyə
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sami | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | Sami |
Samilər | ||||||
definite accusative | Samini |
Samiləri | ||||||
dative | Samiyə |
Samilərə | ||||||
locative | Samidə |
Samilərdə | ||||||
ablative | Samidən |
Samilərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | Saminin |
Samilərin |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A diminutive of Samuel and Samuli, with formal given name status since the latter half of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sami
- a male given name
- 2014, Antti Holma, Järjestäjä, Otava, →ISBN, page 46:
- Daniel hänen nimensä oli. Tietenkin. Ei hän olisi voinut olla Jani tai Sami. Janit ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä. Samitkin ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä, mutta esimiesasemassa.
- Daniel was his name. Of course. He couldn't be a Jani or Sami. Janis work at mobile phone shops, and Samis too but as managers.
Usage notes
[edit]- Popular in Finland in the 1970s and the 1980s.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Sami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sami | Samit | |
genitive | Samin | Samien | |
partitive | Samia | Sameja | |
illative | Samiin | Sameihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sami | Samit | |
accusative | nom. | Sami | Samit |
gen. | Samin | ||
genitive | Samin | Samien | |
partitive | Samia | Sameja | |
inessive | Samissa | Sameissa | |
elative | Samista | Sameista | |
illative | Samiin | Sameihin | |
adessive | Samilla | Sameilla | |
ablative | Samilta | Sameilta | |
allative | Samille | Sameille | |
essive | Samina | Sameina | |
translative | Samiksi | Sameiksi | |
abessive | Samitta | Sameitta | |
instructive | — | Samein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Sami is the 16th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 26,241 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,453 more), and also belongs to 8 female individuals (and as a middle name to 8 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sami m (plural Samis, feminine Samie)
Related terms
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سَامِيّ (sāmiyy, “Semitic, Semite”).
Noun
[edit]Sami
Etymology 2
[edit]Derived from Arabic سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, elevated”).
Proper noun
[edit]Sami
- a male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiye
- English terms derived from Northern Sami
- English terms derived from Sami languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːmi
- Rhymes:English/ɑːmi/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/æmi
- Rhymes:English/æmi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root س م و
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Arabic
- English female given names
- English diminutives of female given names
- English terms borrowed from Tamil
- English terms derived from Tamil
- en:Ethnonyms
- en:Finland
- en:Language families
- en:Norway
- en:Russia
- en:Sweden
- English unisex given names
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Arabic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from the Arabic root س م و
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani proper nouns
- Azerbaijani given names
- Azerbaijani male given names
- Azerbaijani male given names from Arabic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
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- fr:Finland
- fr:Norway
- fr:Russia
- fr:Sweden
- Turkish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root س م و
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish male given names
- Turkish male given names from Arabic