смин

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Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, the word is likely a blending of several words with different etymologies:

  • from ясми́н (jasmín) with a loss of the initial я- (ja-), consistent with a dialectal meaning of "wild jasmine";
  • from Ottoman Turkish سیمین (simin, “silvery, silver”) from Classical Persian سیمین (sēmēn, “silvery, silver”), with a loss of the unstressed first -и- (-i-), and consistent with the appearance of the dwarf everlast;
  • with alternate forms шмен (šmen), шмин (šmin) - from Ottoman Turkish چمن (çemen, çimen, “green field; fenugreek”), from Classical Persian چمن (“lawn; meadow”);
  • citing Skok and others, from смил (smil) with a change from -л (-l) to -н (-n).

Pronunciation

Noun

смин • (smin) m (uncountable)

  1. dwarf everlast (Helichrysum arenarium)
    Synonym: жълт смил (žǎlt smil)
  2. cudweed (Gnaphalium)
  3. (dialectal) wild jasmine (Chrysojasminum fruticans)
    Synonyms: жълт жасми́н (žǎlt žasmín), храстови́ден смин (hrastovíden smin)

Declension

Declension of смин
singular
indefinite смин
smin
definite
(subject form) 		сми́нът
smínǎt
definite
(object form) 		сми́на
smína

Derived terms

References

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