simit

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Borrowed from Turkish simit (“simit”), Ottoman Turkish سمید (simit), from Classical Persian سَمِید (samīd, “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”).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَمِيط (samīṭ) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Arabic: سَمِيت (samīt) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Armenian: բոկեղ (bokeġ) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Bulgarian: гевре́к (gevrék) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Bulgarian: сими́д (simíd) — ring-shaped bread roll
• French: simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• French: coulouri — ring-shaped bread roll
• Georgian: სიმიტი (simiṭi) — ring-shaped bread roll
• German: Simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• German: Sesamring — ring-shaped bread roll
• German: Sesamkringel — ring-shaped bread roll
• Greek: κουλούρι (kouloúri) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Indonesian: simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• Ladino: simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• Macedonian: ѓеврек (ǵevrek) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Malay: simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• Iranian Persian: سَمِد (samed) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Iranian Persian: سِمِد (semed) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Iranian Persian: سَمید (samid) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Iranian Persian: سیمیت (simit) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Polish: simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• Romani: bokoli — ring-shaped bread roll
• Romanian: covrig — ring-shaped bread roll
• Romanian: simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• Russian: сими́т (simít) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Russian: кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) — ring-shaped bread roll
• Serbo-Croatian: ђѐврек — ring-shaped bread roll
• Serbo-Croatian: đèvrek — ring-shaped bread roll
• Turkish: simit — ring-shaped bread roll
• Turkish: simet — ring-shaped bread roll
• Turkish: gevrek — ring-shaped bread roll
• Ottoman Turkish: سمید (simid) — ring-shaped bread roll