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sima

Pronunciation: [ˈʃimɒ]

“sima” is a Hungarian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. smooth, sleek (having a texture that lacks friction)
  2. flat, even, smooth (of land, road or ground, lacking elevations or protuberances)
  3. smooth (of a body of water, without ripples or waves)
  4. smooth (pleasant to the senses, especially of sounds or tastes)
  5. plain (not having any pattern, print or decoration)
  6. blank (of paper, without any printed grid or lines)
  7. plain, regular, ordinary (out of several varieties, the basic one without anything extra)
  8. continuous, smooth, unbroken (of a motion, without interruption)
  9. smooth, simple, easy (without difficulty, problems or unexpected incidents)
  10. knit (of a stitch, passing through the previous loop from below, creating a V-shape)

Etymology

Uncertain. Either derived from regional simik (“to slide”), or from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

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