سمن

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

From Proto-Semitic *šamn- and the root س م ن (s-m-n).

Pronunciation

Verb

سَمِنَ (samina) I (non-past يَسْمَنُ (yasmanu), verbal noun سِمَن (siman) or سَمَانَة (samāna))
سَمُنَ (samuna) I (non-past يَسْمُنُ (yasmunu), verbal noun سِمَن (siman) or سَمَانَة (samāna))

  1. to be fat, to be corpulent, to be obese, to be stout
  2. to become fat
Conjugation


Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

سَمَّنَ (sammana) II (non-past يُسَمِّنُ (yusamminu), verbal noun تَسْمِين (tasmīn))

  1. to make fat, make plump, to fatten
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

سَمْن (samnm (plural سُمُون (sumūn))

  1. clarified butter, ghee
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: semen, semel
  • Swahili: samli

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Noun

سِمَن (simanm

  1. verbal noun of سَمِنَ (samina) (form I)
  2. fatness, plumpness, fleshiness, stoutness, corpulence
  3. obesity
Declension

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sum.mun/, /sum.man/

Noun

سُمُّن or سُمَّن (summun or summanm (collective, singulative سُمُّنَة f (summuna) or سُمَّنَة (summana), plural سَمَامِن (samāmin))

  1. quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Declension

Etymology 3.1

Verb

سِمْنَ (simna) (form I) /sim.na/

  1. second-person feminine plural imperative of وَسَمَ (wasama)

Etymology 3.2

Verb

سِمْنَ (simna) (form I) /sim.na/

  1. second-person feminine plural imperative of وَسَمَ (wasama)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
س م ن
6 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَمَّنَ (sammana).

Pronunciation

Verb

سمّن (samman) II (non-past يسمّن (ysamman))

  1. to fatten
    Synonym: غلّض (ḡallaḍ)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of سمن
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سمّنت (sammant) سمّنتي (sammanti) سمّن (samman) سمّننا (sammanna) سمّنتوا (sammantu) سمّنوا (sammnu)
f سمّنت (sammnāt)
non-past m نسمّن (nsamman) تسمّن (tsamman) يسمّن (ysamman) نسمّنوا (nsammnu) تسمّنوا (tsammnu) يسمّنوا (ysammnu)
f تسمّني (tsammni) تسمّن (tsamman)
imperative m سمّن (samman) سمّنوا (sammnu)
f سمّني (sammni)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَمْن (samn).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَمْن or سْمَن (samn or smanm

  1. ghee

Persian

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? saman
Iranian reading? saman

Noun

سمن (saman)

  1. Abbreviation of سازمان‌ مردم نهاد (sâzmân-e mardom nahâd, non-governmental organization): NGO

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? saman
Dari reading? saman
Iranian reading? saman
Tajik reading? saman

Noun

سمن (saman)

  1. Contraction of یاسمن (yâsaman, jasmine flower).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic سِمَن (siman).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? siman
Dari reading? siman
Iranian reading? seman
Tajik reading? siman

Noun

سمن (seman)

  1. (literary) plumpness, fatness, obesity
    Synonyms: فربهی (farbahi), چاقی (čâqi)