sim-siya

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Reduplication of siya (“black”). Cognate with Turkish simsiyah, Tajik сип-сиёҳ (sip-siyoh), Uzbek zimziyo.

Adjective

sim-siya

  1. intensive form of siya (“black”), jet-black

References

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