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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”).

noun simits

A ring-shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds.

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noun ring-shaped bread roll

Français	simit, coulouri
Deutsch	Simit, Sesamring, Sesamkringel
Ελληνικά	κουλούρι kouloúri
Română	covrig, simit
Русский	сими́т simít, кре́ндель kréndelʹ
العربية	سَمِيط samīṭ, سَمِيت samīt

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@misc{simit_2026,
  title = {simit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/simit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}