смин

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• сминъ (smin) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, the word is likely a blending of several words with different etymologies:

• from ясми́н (jasmín) with a loss of the initial я- (ja-), consistent with a dialectal meaning of "wild jasmine";
• from Ottoman Turkish سیمین (simin, “silvery, silver”) from Classical Persian سیمین (sēmēn, “silvery, silver”), with a loss of the unstressed first -и- (-i-), and consistent with the appearance of the dwarf everlast;
• with alternate forms шмен (šmen), шмин (šmin) - from Ottoman Turkish چمن (çemen, çimen, “green field; fenugreek”), from Classical Persian چمن (“lawn; meadow”);
• citing Skok and others, from смил (smil) with a change from -л (-l) to -н (-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smin]

Noun

смин • (smin) m (uncountable)

1. dwarf everlast (Helichrysum arenarium)

   Synonym: жълт смил (žǎlt smil)

2. cudweed (Gnaphalium)
3. (dialectal) wild jasmine (Chrysojasminum fruticans)

   Synonyms: жълт жасми́н (žǎlt žasmín), храстови́ден смин (hrastovíden smin)

Declension

Declension of смин

	singular
indefinite	смин smin
definite (subject form)	сми́нът smínǎt
definite (object form)	сми́на smína

Derived terms

• сми́ндух (smínduh)

References

• “смин”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “смин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 181
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сминъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 203