סימן
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- symbol, abbreviation
- sign, indication
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew (modern) סִימָן (sign, symbol, mark) derived from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sign, mark, token).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σῆμα
Gloss
sign, mark, token
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semasphere English
- sematology English
- seme English
- tetrasemic English
- arum Latin
- sémaphore French
- σῆμα Ancient Greek
- ᾰ̓πό Ancient Greek
- *dʰyeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰyéh₂mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- σήμα Greek (modern)
- סִימָן Hebrew (modern)
- סימן Hebrew (modern)
- סימנייה Hebrew (modern)