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Sami

/ˈsɑːmi/

Sami noun: a member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland. Also the alternative form of swami.

Noun (1)

Sami (plural Sami or Samis)

  1. A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
    Synonyms:
    Lapp, Laplander

Proper noun (1)

Sami (plural Samis)

  1. The Sami people, collectively.
  2. (countable) Any of the languages of the Sami people.

Adjective

Sami (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

Proper noun (2)

Sami

  1. A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.

Proper noun (3)

Sami (plural Samis)

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.

Noun (2) capitalized: SAMI

SAMI (plural SAMIs)

  1. At West Point, a Saturday morning inspection of a cadet's room.
    • Cadets loathe SAMIs because they are the most stringent of all inspections.2010, Terron Sims, With Honor in Hand, page 32

Also used as

Sami is also the alternative form of swami.

Sami meaning in Urdu, Tagalog, Arabic and Persian

Sami in Urdu

male given name
سامی sāmī

Sami in Tagalog

member of indigenous people of Lapland
Lapon
any of the languages of the Sami
Lapon
relating to the Sami people or languages
Lapon

Sami in Arabic

male given name
سَامِي sāmī

Sami in Persian

male given name
سامی sâmi

Synonyms of Sami

Forms of Sami

Noun
pluralSami
pluralSamis
alternative formSaami
alternative formSámi
pluralSAMIs
Proper noun
pluralSamis

Origin of Sami

From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami.

Derived from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī), from the informal pronunciation of سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, exalted”).

From Samantha.

Words formed from Sami

Phrases with Sami

Words that rhyme with Sami

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Sami

What does Sami mean?
Sami means a member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
What is Sami in Urdu?
Sami in Urdu is سامی (sāmī). See Sami meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Sami?
Sami can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Sami?
Sami is pronounced /ˈsɑːmi/.
What is the plural of Sami?
The plural of Sami is Sami.

Words near Sami in the dictionary

  1. Samhein
  2. Samhita
  3. Samhitas
  4. SAMHS
  5. SAMHSA
  6. Sami
  7. Samialugwe
  8. Samian
  9. Samian earth
  10. Samian stone
  11. Samian stones

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Sami (page history and authors); SAMI (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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