simit
“simit” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:
noun
In Romanian
- un fel de covrig turtit făcut din cocă mai moale decât a covrigilor obișnuiți, presărat cu semințe de susan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سمید (simit), from Persian سمید (semid, “semolina”), from Arabic سَمِيد (samīd, “semolina”), from Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/samīdu/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/samādu/, “to grind fine”).
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