صمیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَمِيم (ṣamīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ˈmiːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.míːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.míːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.míːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.mím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.míːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mím]

Readings
Classical reading?	samīm
Dari reading?	samīm
Iranian reading?	samim
Tajik reading?	samim

Noun

صمیم • (samim)

1. pith, interior, core
2. bottom
3. root, origin

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “صمیم”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 243
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “صميم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صمیم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim