gesiminu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• giasiminu, gesuminu, gessuminu
• gersuminu, gelsiminu, gelsuminu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian yʾsmn'

Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)bor.

Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)bor.

Sicilian gesiminu

From Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), via Siculo-Arabic. Cognate with Italian gelsomino.

Noun

gesiminu m needs inflection

1. jasmine (Jasminum officinale)

   gesuminu cidratu / di l'Arabbia / di Malta ― Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

   gesuminu di Nàpuli ― Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)

Descendants

• → Maltese: ġiżimin, ġiżmin, ġesmina, ġeżmina

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “gesuminu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1832
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “gesiminu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 215