सामि

सामि

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sāmí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sāmí, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half, partially”). Cognate with Latin sēmi-, Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), Old English sām- (whence English sam).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑː.mí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɑː.mi/

Adverb

सामि • (sāmí)

1. half
2. partially
3. imperfectly
4. incompletely
5. prematurely
6. too soon

Derived terms

• असामि (asāmi, “full”, literally “not half”)
• सामिकृत (sāmikṛta, “half done”)
• सामिभुक्त (sāmibhukta, “half eaten”)
• सामिचित (sāmicita, “half piled up”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सामि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1206/2.