सामि

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Noun

सामि (sāmi)

  1. Devanagari script form of sāmi, which is vocative singular of सामिन् (sāmin, “master”)

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half, partially”). Cognate with Latin sēmi-, Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), Old English sām- (whence English sam).

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Adverb

सामि • (sāmí)

  1. half
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.7.1:
      व्यस्तम् इव वा एतद् यज्ञस्य यद् इडा सामि प्राश्नन्ति
      सामि मार्जयन्त एतत् प्रति वा असुराणां यज्ञो व्यच्छिद्यत
      vyastam iva vā etad yajñasya yad iḍā sāmi prāśnanti
      sāmi mārjayanta etat prati vā asurāṇāṃ yajño vyacchidyata
      The Ida is as it were a breach in the ritual worship; half they eat, half they wipe; in this regard the ritual worship of the Asuras was broken
  2. partially, incompletely
  3. imperfectly
  4. prematurely, too soon

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