səmimi

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Formally from Arabic صَمِيم (ṣamīm, “marrow, core”) +‎ -i, although likely formed by re-interpretation of Ottoman or Old Anatolian Turkish صمیم قلب دن (samim-i kalbden, “from the inner of the heart; sincerely”), where the -i is the Ottoman style izafet of the Arabic مِنْ صَمِيمِ ٱلْقَلْبِ (min ṣamīmi l-qalbi) with similar meaning; the izafet was then re-analyzed as the adjective-forming suffix rather than nominal compound linking element. See Turkish samimi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sæmiˈmi]
• Hyphenation: səmimi

Adjective

səmimi (comparative daha səmimi, superlative ən səmimi)

1. sincere

   Synonyms: təmizürəkli, təmizqəlbli, safqəlbli

Derived terms

• səmimilik
• səmimiyyət

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “samimi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

• “səmimi” in Obastan.com.