سمن

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /sa.mi.na/
Verb

سَمِنَ • (samina) I, non-past يَسْمَنُ‎ (yasmanu)

  1. to be fat, become fat, to be corpulent, obese, stout, to put on weight
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /sam.ma.na/
Verb

سَمَّنَ • (sammana) II, non-past يُسَمِّنُ‎ (yusamminu)

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

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /samn/
Noun

سَمْن • (samn) m (plural سُمُون (sumūn))

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

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /si.man/
Noun

سِمَن • (siman) m

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

Pronunciation 5

  • IPA(key): /sum.mun/
  • IPA(key): /sum.man/
Noun

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

  1. quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Declension

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /sim.na/
Verb

سِمْنَ • (simna) (form I)

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

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /sum.na/
Verb

سُمْنَ • (sumna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَسُمَ (wasuma)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
س م ن
6 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَمَّنَ (sammana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sam.man/

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

  • IPA(key): /samn/, /sman/

Noun

سَمْن or سْمَن • (samn or sman) m

  1. ghee

Persian

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

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)
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