simila

Meaning

Noun

wheat flour

Verb

second-person singular present active imperative of similō

Concepts

wheat flour

Translations

dqyq ạlqmḥ

Weizenmehl

sitalevro

farine de blé

farine de froment

farina di frumento

tarwebloem

tarwemeel

farinha de trigo

harina de trigo

buğday unu

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɪ.mɪ.ɫa]

Etymology

Borrowed from an Eastern language, likely Semitic. Appears first in the first century AD, at the height of expansion of the Roman Empire. An Ancient Greek σεμίδᾱλις (semídālis) also exists, presumably borrowed directly 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”).