samoun
English
Etymology 1
Noun
samoun
- Obsolete form of salmon.
Etymology 2
Noun
samoun (uncountable)
- A kind of unleavened Iraqi bread consumed in the Middle East.
- 2007 October 22, Alissa J. Rubin, “Confusion on Deaths After Fighting in Sadr City”, in New York Times[1]:
- “I was holding the samoun in my arms in a big bag,” said Ali Saiedi, adding that he was taking the bread home for his eight siblings and his parents.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Latin salmōnem, accusative of salmō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːˈmuːn/, /ˈsaːmuːn/, /saˈmuːn/, /ˈsamun/, /ˈsamən/, /sau̯ˈmuːn/, /ˈsau̯mun/
Noun
samoun (plural samoun or samownes)
- salmon (or its flesh)
Descendants
References
- “sā̆mǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2018.