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Definition of (isim) sami in Turkish English dictionary
- Semite
- A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs
- A member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language
- A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem
- A descendant of these peoples
- Person speaking one of a group of related languages, presumably derived from a common language, Semitic (see Semitic languages). The term came to include Arabs, Akkadians, Canaanites, some Ethiopians, and Aramaean tribes including Hebrews. Semitic tribes migrated from the Arabian Peninsula, beginning 2500 BC, to the Mediterranean coast, Mesopotamia, and the Nile River delta. In Phoenicia, they became seafarers. In Mesopotamia, they blended with the civilization of Sumer. The Hebrews settled at last with other Semites in Palestine
- {i} member of a group of peoples supposedly descended from the eldest son of Noah (including the Jews, Arabs, Akkadians, and Phoenicians)
- descendant of these peoples