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Sami.

A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɑːmi//ˈsæmi/

  1. A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Samic *sāmē Northern Sami sápmi Northern Sami Sápmider. English Sami From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami.

name/ˈsɑːmi//ˈsæmi/

  1. The Sami people, collectively.

  2. Any of the languages of the Sami people.

    countable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Samic *sāmē Northern Sami sápmi Northern Sami Sápmider. English Sami From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami.

adj/ˈsɑːmi//ˈsæmi/

  1. Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Samic *sāmē Northern Sami sápmi Northern Sami Sápmider. English Sami From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami.

name

  1. A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.

Where this word comes from

Derived from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī), from the informal pronunciation of سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, exalted”).

name

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.

Where this word comes from

From Samantha.

noun

  1. Alternative form of swami.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Tamil சாமி (cāmi).

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