# سمن
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

From Proto-Semitic *šamn- and the root س م ن (s-m-n).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.mi.na/

#### Verb

سَمِنَ • (samina) I (non-past يَسْمَنُ (yasmanu), verbal noun سِمَن (siman) or سَمَانَة (samāna)) سَمُنَ • (samuna) I (non-past يَسْمُنُ (yasmunu), verbal noun سِمَن (siman) or سَمَانَة (samāna))
* to be fat, to be corpulent, to be obese, to be stout
* to become fat [with بِ (bi) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on some kind of food’]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sam.ma.na/

#### Verb

سَمَّنَ • (sammana) II (non-past يُسَمِّنُ (yusamminu), verbal noun تَسْمِين (tasmīn))
* to make fat, make plump, to fatten

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /samn/

#### Noun

سَمْن • (samn) m (plural سُمُون (sumūn))
* clarified butter, ghee

##### Descendants

* Maltese: semen, semel
* → Swahili: samli

### Etymology 1.4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.man/

#### Noun

سِمَن • (siman) m
* verbal noun of سَمِنَ (samina) (form I)
* fatness, plumpness, fleshiness, stoutness, corpulence
* obesity

##### Declension
### Etymology
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sum.mun/, /sum.man/

#### Noun

سُمُّن or سُمَّن • (summun or summan) m (collective, singulative سُمُّنَة f (summuna) or سُمَّنَة (summana), plural سَمَامِن (samāmin))
* quail (Coturnix coturnix)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3.1
#### Verb

سِمْنَ • (simna) (form I) /sim.na/
* second-person feminine plural imperative of وَسَمَ (wasama)

### Etymology 3.2
#### Verb

سِمْنَ • (simna) (form I) /sim.na/
* second-person feminine plural imperative of وَسَمَ (wasama)

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* س م ن
* 6 terms

### Etymology 1

From Arabic سَمَّنَ (sammana).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sam.man/

#### Verb

سمّن • (samman) II (non-past يسمّن (ysamman))
* to fatten
    Synonym: غلّض (ḡallaḍ)

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of سمن :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | سمّنت (sammant) | سمّنتي (sammanti) | سمّن (samman) | سمّننا (sammanna) | سمّنتوا (sammantu) | سمّنوا (sammnu) |
| past | f | سمّنت (sammant) | سمّنتي (sammanti) | سمّنت (sammnāt) | سمّننا (sammanna) | سمّنتوا (sammantu) | سمّنوا (sammnu) |
| non-past | m | نسمّن (nsamman) | تسمّن (tsamman) | يسمّن (ysamman) | نسمّنوا (nsammnu) | تسمّنوا (tsammnu) | يسمّنوا (ysammnu) |
| non-past | f | نسمّن (nsamman) | تسمّني (tsammni) | تسمّن (tsamman) | نسمّنوا (nsammnu) | تسمّنوا (tsammnu) | يسمّنوا (ysammnu) |
| imperative | m | | سمّن (samman) | | | سمّنوا (sammnu) | |
| imperative | f | | سمّني (sammni) | | | سمّنوا (sammnu) | |

### Etymology 2

From Arabic سَمْن (samn).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /samn/, /sman/

#### Noun

سَمْن or سْمَن • (samn or sman) m
* ghee

## Persian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sä.mǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæ.mǽn]

#### Noun

سمن • (saman)
* Abbreviation of سازمان‌ مردم نهاد (sâzmân-e mardom nahâd, “non-governmental organization”): NGO

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sa.ˈman]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sä.mǽn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sä.mǽn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sä.mǽn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sä.mǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæ.mǽn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sä.mǽn]

#### Noun

سمن • (saman)
* Contraction of یاسمن (yâsaman, “jasmine flower”).

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic سِمَن (siman).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [si.ˈman]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɪ.mǽn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɪ.mǽn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sɪ.mǽn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [si.mǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [se.mǽn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [si.mǽn]

#### Noun

سمن • (seman)
* (literary) plumpness, fatness, obesity
    Synonyms: فربهی (farbahi), چاقی (čâqi)