sesame
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
- The seed of this plant.
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛsəmi/
/ˈsɛzəmi/
En-us-sesame.wav
/ˈsɛsəm/
/ˈsiːsəm/
Word forms
sesame
sesames
sesamé
sesamë
Etymology
From late Middle English sisamie, from Latin sīsamum, sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon), from Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššumā), from Akkadian 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 (šamaššammū, “oil plant”), compound of 𒉌𒄑 (šaman, “oil”) and 𒌑 (šammum, “plant”). The modern pronunciation is perhaps influenced by (transliterations of) Greek σησάμη (sisámi). Doublet of sesamum.
Translations
Afar: simsím
Akkadian: 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬
Arabic: سِمْسِم
Armenian: շուշմա
Armenian: քնջութ
Assamese: তিল
Azerbaijani: küncüt
Bengali: তিল
Bulgarian: сусам
Burmese: နှမ်း
Buryat: гүнжэд
Catalan: sèsam
Chinese Cantonese: 芝麻
Eastern Min Chinese: 芝麻
Eastern Min Chinese: 油麻
Chinese: 麻
Chinese: 油麻
Chinese Mandarin: 芝麻
Chinese Mandarin: 胡麻
Danish: sesam
Daur: bal
Daur: cigaa bal
Dutch: sesam
Faroese: sesam
Finnish: seesami
French: sésame
Galician: sésamo
Georgian: სეზამი
Georgian: ქუნჯუტი
German: Sesam
Greek: σουσαμιά
Ancient Greek: σησάμη
Hebrew: סומסום
Hindi: तिल
Hindi: तील
Hindi: पवित्र
Hindi: पितृतर्पण
Hindi: पापघ्न
Hindi: पूतधान्य
Hindi: जटिल
Hindi: स्नेहफल
Hindi: तैलफल
Hindi: हेमधान्य
Hittite: 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠
Hungarian: szezám
Hurrian: 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪
Indonesian: wijen
Indonesian: bijan
Indonesian: sesam
Irish: seasaman
Italian: sesamo
Japanese: 胡麻
Khmer: ល្ង
Korean: 참깨
Northern Kurdish: kuncî
Lao: ງາ
Latin: sēsamum
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