səmimi
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Formally from Arabic صَمِيم (ṣamīm, “marrow, core”) + -i, although likely formed by re-interpretation of Ottoman or Old Anatolian Turkish صمیم قلب دن (samim-i kalbden, “from the inner of the heart; sincerely”), where the -i is the Ottoman style izafet of the Arabic مِنْ صَمِيمِ ٱلْقَلْبِ (min ṣamīmi l-qalbi) with similar meaning; the izafet was then re-analyzed as as the adjective-forming suffix rather than nominal compound linking element. See Turkish samimi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sæmiˈmi]
- Hyphenation: səmimi
Adjective
səmimi (comparative daha səmimi, superlative ən səmimi)
- sincere
Derived terms
- səmimilik
- səmimiyyət
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “samimi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “səmimi” in Obastan.com.