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simit.

A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/siˈmit/

  1. A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds.

  2. life buoy, life preserver

  3. rosco, coulouri

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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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