صومون

Ottoman Turkish

صومونلر
صومون

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ψωμίν (psōmín) whence Greek ψωμί (psomí, bread), from Ancient Greek ψωμός (psōmós, morsel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈmun/

Noun

صومون (somun)

  1. a round slab of bread, a loaf, a bread roll
  2. an other slab, pig or solid block, particularly if of metal
  3. nut of a screw-bolt

Derived terms

  • صومونجی (somuncu, occupational noun)

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), صومون”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2988
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), صومون”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 574a
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