simit

Borrowed from Turkish simit (“simit”), 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”).

simit (plural simits)

1. A ring-shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds.

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• mitis

Borrowed from English cement.

• IPA^(key): /sɪmɪt/

simit

1. cement

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

Borrowed 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”).

simit m (plural simiți)

1. simit

• simigiu
• simigerie

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”).

• IPA^(key): /siˈmit/

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simit (definite accusative simidi, plural simitler)

1. A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds.
   • 2013, Ser Cem, Umut'un Gölgesinde, page 65:

     Yanımda oturanlar vapura eşlik eden martılara parça simitler atıyorlardı. Martılar ustalıkla, daha simitler suya düşmeden havada yakalayıp yutuyorlardı.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. life buoy, life preserver
3. (archaic) rosco

• (dialectal, İzmir) gevrek

• kandil simidi
• simitçi
• simitçilik

• “simit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “simit”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı