Arabic

Noun

سَمْت • ‎(samt) m ‎(plural سُمُوت ‎(sumūt))

1. road, way
2. mode or manner of conduct
3. gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, calmness
4. region or quarter towards which the course is directed
5. compass direction
6. azimuth

Declension

Derived terms

• سَمْت الرَّأْس ‎(samt ar-raʾs, “zenith”)
• نَظِير السَّمْت ‎(naẓīr as-samt, “nadir”)

Descendants

• Azeri: səmt
• English: azimuth, zenith
• Kurdish:
  • Northern Kurdish: semt
• Ottoman Turkish: سمت ‎(semt)
  • Turkish: semt
  • Armenian: սամթ ‎(samtʿ), սա̈մթ ‎(sämtʿ), սեմթ ‎(semtʿ)
• Persian: سمت ‎(samt)
  • Tajik: самт ‎(samt)

References

• “سمت” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 2

Verb

سَمَّتْ • ‎(sammat) ‎(form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَّ ‎(samma)

Verb

سُمَّتْ • ‎(summat) ‎(form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past passive of سَمَّ ‎(samma)

Etymology 3

Verb

سَمَتْ • ‎(samat) ‎(form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَا ‎(samā)

Etymology 4

Verb

سَمَّتْ • ‎(sammat) ‎(form II)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَّى ‎(sammā)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَمْت ‎(samt).

Noun

سمت • ‎(samt)

1. side
2. way
3. hand
4. direction
5. azimuth