gesiminu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • giasiminu, gesuminu, gessuminu
  • gersuminu, gelsiminu, gelsuminu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Middle Persian yʾsmn'
    Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)bor.
    Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)bor.
    Sicilian gesiminu

    From Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), via Siculo-Arabic. Cognate with Italian gelsomino.

    Noun

    gesiminu m needs inflection

    1. jasmine (Jasminum officinale)
      gesuminu cidratu / di l'Arabbia / di Malta ― Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
      gesuminu di Nàpuli ― Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)

    Descendants

    • → Maltese: ġiżimin, ġiżmin, ġesmina, ġeżmina

    References

    • Traina, Antonino (1868) “gesuminu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1832
    • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “gesiminu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 215
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