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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic سميد (simīd). Doublet of σιμίτι (simíti), loaned from Ottoman Turkish. Also see Ancient Greek σεμίδαλις (semídalis).
Noun
σιμίτ • (simít) n (indeclinable)
- (Egyptiot) koulouri, simit (ring shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds)
- Synonyms: κουλούρι n (kouloúri) (Standard Modern Greek), σιμίτι n (simíti) (colloquial)
References
- Δελβερούδη, Ρέα (Delveroúdi, Réa) (2019 October 22) Αιγυπτιώτικα: ένα γλωσσικό ιδίωμα υπό εξαφάνιση (;) [Egyptiot: an idiom under extinction (?)] (Language, society and ethnography) (in Greek), University of the Aegean