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سمد

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Arabic

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Root
س م د (s m d)
2 terms

Verb

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سَمَدَ (samada) I (non-past يَسْمُدُ (yasmudu), verbal noun سُمُود (sumūd))

  1. to raise one’s head by airy emotion

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Verb

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سَمَّدَ (sammada) II (non-past يُسَمِّدُ (yusammidu), verbal noun تَسْمِيد (tasmīd))

  1. (obsolete) to divert emotionally
  2. to manure, to fertilize

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Persian [Term?], from Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, to grind fine). Akin to Sanskrit समीदा (samīdā), समिता (samitā, wheat-flour), possibly an Old Persian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? samiḏ, simiḏ
Dari reading? samid, simid
Iranian reading? samed, semed
Tajik reading? samid, simid

Noun

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سمد (samed or semed)

  1. (obsolete) fine wheat flour
  2. (obsolete) white bread
    • 9th-10th century, Rudaki, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      نانک کشکینت روا نیست نیز
      نان سمد خواهی گرده کلان
      nânak-i kaškînat ravâ nêst nîz
      nân-i simid xwâhî girda-i kalân
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. a kind of twist; simit

Descendants

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